Landmark Inn Marquette

We left Sudbury mid morning and met some friends in Espanola. Carmene was one of my bridesmaids when I got married. We had a pleasant visit. Then we headed out for Sualt Ste. Marie and crossed into the US. We travelled along Hwy 28 in Northern Michigan to Marquette where we camped at Wal mart. We were reminded of home today by "Calabogie Road" near the Sault and "Carp River" in Northern Michigan. We saw a wolf today by the roadside.

This morning was as rainy as last night, but we went to Duluth's Canal Basin area early for a walk as planned.  It’s a lot like Albert Dock in Liverpool and it was decked out for this weekend’s Grandma’s Marathon.  From what I could see of Duluth it was a nice but quite quiet city.  Crossing the bridge into Wisconsin, the town of Superior continued the North-West England analogy, by looking a bit run down and a bit like Birkenhead ...

... It was Thursday night...and brian and I just aren't cut out for the party scene so unfortuantely we were woke up at an ungodly hour, which is a long story, and decided we were both ready to get home and be done with the roadtrip business and that brings us to the next entry....the marathon drive home! I was deffinitely happy to see Minkus again and I guess I just thought things wouldn't ...

Although not on the official Lake Superior circle tour, Big Bay seems like a good addition except it is a sixty mile dead-end road :). Did not stay here but needed the almighty map-pin... Tidbit: - The twelve volt booster battery is working well -- it has enough juice to process my pictures and write small log files on my PC. It fully recharges again when we hit the road.

... to Sault Ste Marie at Munising. We will go south from there join US-2 where it meets the northern shore line of Lake Michigan. We'll follow that to its end at St. Ignace and then bomb up I-75 to our hotel in Sault Ste Marie. We will only added about 50 miles to the trip by doing this. US-2 takes a break in St. Ignace. We will cross through Canada and pick up US-2 when it starts up again in New England.

... on the menu. White fish is a delicately flavored fish native to the Great Lakes. The prices are reasonable and the food is good. When we head out to Marquette, it is dark and it is a very cold clear night. The moon over the water is beautiful, with a great view of the night sky. There is not the light pollution here as in other places, so the stars are numerous and brilliant. So ends day one, tomorrow we are off to Iron Mountain and Escanaba.

... called "UPpers" (pronounced You-pers). Lots of pasty shops made Rose's mouth water with the memory of her Grandma Mills' specialty (a meat, potato, onion, and sometimes, turnip half-moon shaped pie brought to this area by the Cornish miners, of which Rose's Grandpa was one)...more details on pasties to follow! We stopped at our campground on Lake Michigamme, unloaded the ...

Last morning in Houghton, followed by a trip to the Porkies with my grandma. Visited Lake of the Clouds and then various waterfalls in the park. Lots of fun with photos to follow soon. Ended the day with dinner in Marquette. Now it's time for bed. Night everyone, ~A

... es dann zum Fotografen im Bandraum. Und danach schwupdiwup auf die Tanzflaeche dort wuerde dank eines eher beschraenkten DJ nur Hip Hop Musik gespielt was mir eher ungelegen kam, aber der Rest der Gesellschaft gefiel die Musik um die ganze Sache noch ein bisschen aufzuheizen wurde hin und wieder ein relativ alter Back Street Boys Song gespielt. Alles in allem war der Ball wieder ein voller Erfolg und ich freue mich schon auf den naechsten. Da das bisschen ...

... bis die Batt**ie alle war. Nach mir war es an d** Zeit fu** Jck und Sharon ihre Geschenke auszupacken. Sie haben sich riesig ueb** meine Geschenke gefreut. Ich habe Jack einen Weihnachtsmanraeuch**man auf einem Motorrad geschenkt und Sharon eine dies** Pyramiden, die sich mit Hilfe von K**zenhitze drehen. Es wurde natu**lich alles schnell zusammen gesteckt und ausprobi**t. So duftete das ganze Haus schon nach wenigen Minuten und ...