While at Bayfield, WI we drove to what seemed like the top of the world. We found Kayakers making the journey to some of the Apostle Is. One guy died two days ago. The swells come up suddenly and can be huge. One Island was closed due to "bear activity."
We shopped at Ehlers - a great general store in the northernmost town in WI. 
We sailed with Captain Paul on his 34ft. sloop. It was a lovely day with good wind.
Cap'n Paul let us steer - really.
The area outside of Bayfield was dotted with apple orchards and berry farms.
At the tip of Whitefish Point stands the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. It is small but very well done. One of the displays is this Surfboat used by the Surfmen who rescued thousands - yes thousands - of people from foundering ships and boats in the great lakes. The Boat is a self bailer. 
The ship's bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald. The displays of all the shipwrecks were good and the one on the Fitz kinda' the centerpiece.
We moved from Bayfield to Taquamenon Falls State Park. Mom is checking out the upper falls. The water is colored brown from tannin that the rotting trees produce.
Next stop: Sault Ste. Marie. Big ore freighters everywhere. This one was down river - St. Mary's River - from our camp.
The Soo Locks were a kick - very busy. 
A Lake ship going into Lake Superior - upbound to the ore processors.
What a great camp. This is from the back of trailer spot at "The Soo."C
Close up of the ore boat and its tender in the previous picture.
On the shore of Lake Huron with the Mackinac Bridge.
The British soldiers (the guard detail) all slept together in this bed back in the day at Michilimackinac Fort.
These Redcoats showed us how to fire a flintlock.
The ride over and back may have been my favorite part of the day on Mackinaw Is. The swells were big and the wind blew hard - made it an "E" ticket ride.
The historic streets are covered with Horse manure so don't ride your bike on a rainy day. Unless you have great fenders you get brown streaks from front and rear tires.
On to Escanaba to visit Peg and Tom. We had a great time over dinner. Tom was down with a bad back but made it downstairs for dinner.
We must have missed the beltway... Hwy 151 runs right up to the State Capitol Bldg. We were on city streets for a long time before we escaped Madison and moved on to our camp.
We are camped in the midst of lovely farms in the town of Keiler, WI. Now it is on to Iowa and our family history days. See you all soon.
Close up of the ore boat and its tender in the previous picture. 
On the shore of Lake Huron with the Mackinac Bridge.
The British soldiers (the guard detail) all slept together in this bed back in the day at Michilimackinac Fort.
These Redcoats showed us how to fire a flintlock.
The ride over and back may have been my favorite part of the day on Mackinaw Is. The swells were big and the wind blew hard - made it an "E" ticket ride.
The historic streets are covered with Horse manure so don't ride your bike on a rainy day. Unless you have great fenders you get brown streaks from front and rear tires.
On to Escanaba to visit Peg and Tom. We had a great time over dinner. Tom was down with a bad back but made it downstairs for dinner.
We must have missed the beltway... Hwy 151 runs right up to the State Capitol Bldg. We were on city streets for a long time before we escaped Madison and moved on to our camp.
We are camped in the midst of lovely farms in the town of Keiler, WI. Now it is on to Iowa and our family history days. See you all soon.
2 comments:
Glad you had fun in the midwest. Tell me you stopped at at least 1 Culver's and indulged, lol. I'm so glad you got to see my parents. My fav. part about that shot is my mom already has Halloween up, gotta love it.
How fun! Hopefully me and robert can do a trip like that someday- looks romantic and adventerous!!!
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