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| Our summer home |
This is the story of our summer travels during 2017. In May we spent some time in southern MN and WI doing some biking. In June we house sat for our friends the Enstads while they were traveling in Scandinavia. Since our house sold in June we are now homeless AND unemployed and we have traveled through MN, WI, MI, ND, MT, ID, WY and SD. We will likely travel through at least a half dozen more states on our way back to Florida.
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| Hanging with my buds Zoe and Murphy |
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| The house is gone to a new family. |
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| Tunnel #3 Elroy - Sparta Trail |
Memorial Day Weekend found us biking some of the Elroy Sparta Trail in WI. We camped at Wilton City Park and visited Catherine's brother David in Tomah.
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| Forestville campsite |
We visited the Root River Valley - Forestville State Park followed by a visit to the Lanesboro area where we met up with David and his
friend Sharon.
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| Diamondback Rattler on Root River Trl |
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Root River Trail near Lanesboro, MN
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We headed east in early July with our first stop being at St Croix State Park near Hinckley. From there we headed up to Jay Cooke State Park near Duluth.
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| First Stop on our eastbound leg |
We spent several days camping in Washburn, WI and attending the Madeleine Isl Yacht Club annual meeting.
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| In Washburn for the MIYC Annual Meeting on Madeline Isl |
Our next stop was the Porkies in the UP of MI where we honeymooned in 1971 and skied in our younger days.
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| Entering the Porkies |
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| Summit Peak Tower in the Porkies |
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| Lake of the Clouds in Porkies |
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| View of Lake Superior from top of Summit Tower in the Porkies |
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| Our Honeymoon Suite - December 20, 1971 |
We continued our trip by heading up to Copper Harbor and Fort Wilkins on the tip of the peninsula.
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| Fort Wilkins SP near Copper Harbor, MI |
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| Overlooking Copper Harbor, MI |
Backtracking off the peninsula brought us to Munising (and Christmas) MI
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| Bay Furnace near Munising, MI |
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| Bay Furnace Campsite |
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| Overlook at Munising, MI |
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| Munising Falls, Munising MI |
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| Sable Falls Pictured Rocks NL |
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| Miners Falls Pictured Rocks NL MI |
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| Miner's Rock in Pictured Rocks NL |
We again headed north to Lake Superior near Whitefish PT, MI
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| Crazy Moose at Muskalonge SP MI |
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| Camping at Muskallonge SP, MI |
We visited the museum on Whitefish Pt that houses the bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald. |
| Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Pt, MI |
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| 2nd Order Fresnel Lens |
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| Whitefish Light, Whitefish Pt, MI |
We visited the Soo Locks and then turned south and west towards Lake Michigan passing by the Mackinac Bridge
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| Mackinac Bridge from Fr Marquette Memorial |
We camped at Fayette for a couple of days where we saw 1400 year old trees.
We visited our friends Charlotte and Marcus, owners of Nistebox, and sampled their fine cuisine with our other friend Eleanor.
They were voted one of the best Taco Places in Wisconsin by Best of AmericanTowns.
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Camping near Sturgeon Bay, WI
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We spent the first week of August working on a Habitat for Humanity build in Blaine while preparing to head west to Idaho for the eclipse.
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| Camping in Blaine for HH Project |
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| Working on Habitat for Humanity Project in Blaine, MN |
Next, Westward Ho!
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