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trip meter, June 19, 3.2 miles
Susan contemplates "Biggest sweetroll in the East"
County Seat Cafe, Clarion PA
Sue presents the Harrison Lake water tower
Gary and Cindy, Olivet MI
Cindy's a medical illustrator and teaches drawing
Gary's a sculptor and professor of art
they keep dead birds in their freezer
testing Twizzlers for dryness
Farmers' Market, Charlevoix MI
Ashley
king trumpets for dinner
2 of Earl Young's 32 mushroom houses, Charlevoix
Wienerlicious
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
near Travers City MI
last of the vegetable soup
the dunes


Michigan strawberries are incredible
have one....
Main street, Grand Marais MI
the analects of Capt. Tony, Grand Marais Brewpub
Lake Superior, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
45 miles of beach, 50 degree water
great for ducks
other numb beasts
south shore, Lake Superior
the game is to stay on your feet as they spin the towel
Hurricane River, Pictured Rocks
on a boat near Munising MI
Main street, Marquette MI
last iron ore pocket dock in Marquette
after ice cream
Main Street, Houghton MI
site of the 2016 US Nordic Ski Championships
only cell service is the top of Mt Brockway
Copper Harbor MI
Ft Wilkins State Park, Copper Harbor
first black flies of the trip
lightfooted, draw blood

welts last a week

view from our bedroom, Isle Royale National Park

45 miles of wooded wilderness

bunchberry and fringed polygala

occasional open spaces

he made that pile of spruce chips in about 2 minutes

Isle Royale has 1700 moose, moose poop

Ranger Scott, happiest man in the north woods

he took our picture

paddling on Tobin Bay

Jack Gale, 6th generation licensee of Gale Island, Isle Royale

has a pair of resident eagles


McClain State Park, Hancock MI
breakfast en route to Duluth

this guy hit a deer at 60 mph

Duluth is cool
H J Schwartz was building a break water

there's a famous lift bridge

Crabby Ol' Bill's deepfried cookie dough bits

new glasses
guy with a teddy bear, Canal Park, Duluth

impressively long dreads

1000 footer coming through the canal

Walter J McCarthy Jr was the former chairman of the Detroit Edison Company

the lift goes up 130' to let Walter J through

Duluth 10:15 PM