Road trip to Winnipeg - Day 1

After weeks of planning, my trip to Winnipeg began today at 10:30am from my home in Ottawa. It was an exhilarating but tiring drive, arriving in Sault Ste Marie at 8:40pm this evening, i.e.which is a little more than 11 hours later. The actual driving is about 10 hours. Although it started with a warm sunny morning and afternoon, my trip encountered a heavy rain towards the end of the drive in the evening. Just before the start of the severe rain storm, just after passing through Sudbury, I witnessed an aftermath of a car that went off the highway into a ditch, creating a plume of dirt scattered by the strong wind. It was a very windy day then, anyway. A minivan had stopped to assist the teen girl who was the driving the car, and she was dazed but apparently unhurt. I drove on as it was difficult for me to suddenly stop at highway speed, as my truck was carrying a heavy load. So, this was Day 1.