September 13, 2025
57 degrees at 6:00, high of 63
Great news! The furnace is working!!
We started the day with breakfast in tiny Finland at Our Place. It has been packed every time we have driven past, and it was busy this morning. Martha ordered pancakes and bacon, while I ordered a bacon and cheese omelet. Those were the biggest pancakes I have ever seen. There wasn’t room for the syrup to run off.
As we left a motorcycle group came in. We headed north to pick up things we missed coming down Rt. 61. First was a stop at Illgen Falls. It was a half mile hike up a hill, then more steps coming down to the falls. It is a great waterfall, and will be even more spectacular in a week when the leaves reach peak. They are changing dramatically every day.
Caribou Falls was up next with a half-mile walk up a hill. We followed a group of ladies, chatting as they went. We exchanged pleasantries, then went ahead. Walking down 135 steps to view the falls, we again had conversations with them and they offered to take a picture of us. We returned the favor. It was a very nice group.
Next up was Cross River Falls, right beside the road. The solid granite rock wall was impressive. Across the street was a bakery, so we went in and ordered a chocolate malt and a danish for tomorrow. It was a great malt.
Back to camp to chill for the afternoon, except for two more maintenance tasks. One of the Dometic cooktop burners was loose. I somehow remembered these things are fastened from underneath. With Martha’s help, we were finally able to reattach it. We were lucky to find the screw that had fallen out. The other was in Tara’s mother’s basket, where I keep unidentified screws and rivets.
We built a fire behind the trailer with some very smokey, green wood, and it set off the smoke alarm in the trailer.
Martha made a great dinner of wild Boar burgers from Agostino’s Deli in Thunder Bay. They were great.