In Michigan

Alpena, MI - 69º at 9:06 pm EDT

This photo is for our granddaughter Ashley.  She loves ducks.  Don't recall where I too the photo, but think it was near Kenora, Ontario.

We stopped in Kenora and had a brief visit with Ellen Belbas, who spends her winters in Kenwood RV Park.

 She showed us her house, a huge house for one person, right on a lake in the Lake Of The Woods area.  Her daughter lives next door. 

She has quite a drop from her house down to the water and has to maintain it.

We went to a fine Italian Restaurant downtown for lunch and then she showed us how to get to

the Discovery Center where we spent some time looking at things in the area of the Lake Of The Woods.







Driving south, with the intention of staying on the US side, we used up a lot of gas, thinking could stretch to the US side where was a little cheaper.  Stopped at a station just outside of Fort Francis on the Canadian side and put in 20 litres of gas.  My computer showed I had burned 25.5 gallon from the last fill--and the tank holds 26 gallon.
Stayed overnight in International Falls and filled the next morning.

 These are pictures Phyllis took of YoYo small quilts at the Campground in Ishpeming, MI.

We were able to take the trikes out of the pickup and ride a little over 4 miles that night, the 3rd of July.  Next morning we took trailer and went into Ishpeming and watched part of their 4th of July Parade.

We left about 11:30 am and headed east.

Stopped for a bit right on Lake Superior for a bite to eat and discovered a site of a former steel furnace.

Got to the Canadian Border about 4 pm, July 4th, and no line at all.  Answered 3 questions after showing Passports and went right through. 

 Spent Saturday evening, Sunday and Monday morning with Richard & Shirley Pozzenbon, who winter at Kenwood RV Park in Texas.

Had a delightful time with them.  They are wonderful cooks and we enjoyed several Italian meals.

    We parked on their driveway in front of their motor-home,  Went to church with them Sunday morning and to lunch at local Casino and then they showed us much of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.

 We spent some time at the Canadian Lock between Lake Superior and Lake Huron.

The Canadian lock is used just for pleasure craft, relieving that traffic from the really large ships using the large lock on the US side.

As we were getting ready to leave Richard & Shirley's place this morning.

We had quite a line crossing back into USA and probably spent 15 or 20 minutes waiting.

We followed Richard and Shirley and parked our rig and then rode with them as they showed us around Sault Ste Marie, Michigan.  We didn't stop at the really large locks on that side as Phyllis and I had spent several hours there 2 years ago when we were in the area.

 We did drive by as one 1,000 foot (at least) ship was  coming through the lock.

After crossing the Mackinaw Bridge we followed Lake Huron south  and got to County Fairground Campground in Alpena, MI around 4pm.  Phyllis called Karen Hamann and she rode her bike part way from her place and we rode our recumbent trikes to meet her, then rode to her house and finally rode all around the lake area, about 6 miles. 

She rode on home then and came back with her car and we went out to eat and she showed us much of the town including a lot of bike trails.  Rain is predicted during the night, but we will ride tomorrow if possible and also go through the Maritime Museum and maybe go on the Glass Bottom Boat that goes over many ship wrecks in the area.  Will stay here until Wednesday morning and then drive the short distance to   Bill and Darlene Winslow near West Branch, MI where we will stay a few days.

More later, Lynn