Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Northwest Road Trip - From home to Duluth

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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









sunset at Sleeping Bear

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
 

crypto photo op

                             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