Isa’s Big Adventure North

The road north, day by day.

Sugar Island, the train, then the wedding. Canadian route up. The border is at the Soo.

Milton · Oct 4–13, 2026Kemosabe and the Adventure MobileThe storybook

What to expect, what to prepare, and what to wear

Expect

  • 5:00 AM Monday roll
  • One real charge, at the Michigan Soo
  • Adventure Mobile for the crew
  • Kemosabe for the truck

Prepare

  • Carry-on size, or one larger bag
  • Passports, in a bag that goes to the van
  • Charge Kemosabe tonight
  • Fourteen. The lodge is in Michigan

Wear

  • Warm layer for the roll
  • Jacket for the Soo and the ferry
  • Drizzle layer on the island
  • Walking shoes for the train
  • One fancy outfit for the Walima
Mon roll55–41°F13–5°CDry, windy
Mon night50–39°F10–4°CDry
Tue island63–37°F17–3°CDrizzle possible
Wed train61–48°F16–9°CBreezy
Thu south55–46°F13–8°CShowers
Fri Nikah64–45°F18–7°CDry
Sat Shaadi61–48°F16–9°CDry
Sun72–52°F22–11°CThanksgiving
Mon Walima73–55°F23–13°CFancy outfit
Tue west66–52°F19–11°CDrive home

Monday route

Map of the Monday drive from Milton up the 400, the 69, and the 17 to the Soo and Sugar Island. Gold pins are feeds at Parry Sound and Sudbury. Hollow pins are skips at Barrie, Port Severn, and McKerrow. Blind River is an optional feed. The red pin is the one real charge at the Michigan Soo, with the ferry and the lodge beside it.Close-up of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The red pin is the Supercharger, the only real charge. A short dash is the Sugar Island ferry. The green pin is the lodge on the island.
  • Start and lodge
  • Skip
  • Feed
  • Optional feed
  • The one real charge
  • Ferry
The three Soo pins share one dot on the wide map. The strip splits the charge, the ferry, and the lodge.
  • Nanimee
  • Nana Abba
  • Nani Khala
  • Badar Khalu
  • Ammi
  • Isa
  • Rumysa
  • Ali
  • Isra
  • Ayra
  • Liyaan
  • Taha
  • Nichell
  • Auntie Allison

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Sunday, October 4

Bags ready before bed

Milton

  1. 2:00 PM

    Burlington

    Pick up the Adventure Mobile · res 61239876 · back Fri 2:00 PM · primary driver, physical license

  2. 6:00 PM

    Milton

    Bags packed and ready to load

  3. 6–8 PM

    Load

    Carry-on size each, or packed together in a larger bag

  4. 7:30 PM

    Lights out

    Eight hours before the 3:30 AM wake-up

  5. Tonight

    Kemosabe

    Charge it full. It cannot do the 700 km on one charge

  6. Drivers

    Also approved

    Nichell, Nuzhat, and Allison can drive. Not pickup or drop-off alone

  7. Rules

    The van

    No smoking. No pets unless the host said yes. Same fuel, tidy

Real calendar, not the storybook weekdays. Forecast from the afternoon of October 4. It can still shift. The story