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A Day to Remember
Thursday, September 18, 2025 Walkie told us to return in the morning so he could install a new air filter and clean the sensors. He called in an order for the filter yesterday, saying it would be delivered about 9:00. We arrived at 9:45. I wondered how he could get reliable deliveries in his remote…
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Duluth to Little Sand Bay, WI
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 L: 62; H: 77 Leaving our happy spot in Spirit Lake Marine and RV Park, we headed for Little Sand Bay in Russell, WI. to see Apostle Islands National Park. We have allotted a week to explore 21 islands in Lake Superior. I was excited for a pretty drive with rest…
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The Lift Bridge
September 16, 2025 Low 58 deg, high 80 We are staying southwest of Duluth in Spirit Lake Marina and RV Park. It’s a great spot really, backed up to the water with electric water and WIFI. It has good showers and a great store. It has antiques, boat supplies, RV supplies, coolers, fishing gear, nets…
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On to Duluth
September 15, 2025 Low 57 degrees, high 73, sunny! Finland State Park Campground was a great place to stay, peaceful, quiet, pretty. At first national forest and state forests, make me a little nervous. They are remote, and you don’t know what crowd will frequent them. This one couldn’t have been better. It is well…
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Rt. 61 South of Silver Bay
September 14, 2025 55 degrees at 6:00, high of 64 Exploring Rt. 61, we drove south to Split Rock Lighthouse, an icon of the western shore of Lake Superior. “Standing as a sentinel on the North Shore, the Split Rock Lighthouse was built in 1910 in direct response to the catastrophic gale of November 1905…
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Our Place and Waterfalls
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…
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Finland Campground
September 12, 2025 51 degrees at 6:00, high of 64 We are moving to Finland Campground today, so we went to Zup’s Food Market in Silver Bay. A lady with a very good voice was singing briefly as we shopped fruits and vegetables. Then a young man sang as he stocked the shelves. He nodded…
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Hike High Falls and Two-Step Falls
Thursday, September 11, 2025 We went to the Visitor’s Center to get a day pass since we couldn’t get a campsite in Baptism River Campground. The young man suggested Finland Campground in the national forest, just past Finland, MN. We talked for a long time with a nice lady working there. She is of Finnish…
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Drive to Tettegouche State Park, MN
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 42 degrees at 5:00 am We straightened up, hooked up, dumped, filled the fresh water tank and were on the road by 8:30. TCan 11 wasn’t so daunting heading back east. The road reconnected with TCan 17 west of Thunder Bay. Before the city, we turned south on 61. It was…
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Fishing French Lake
Wanting to catch a couple of fish for dinner, we went to a rock behind the Teaching Center, that a ranger had recommended. Martha patiently watched and played games on her phone while I fished a variety of lures with the regular spinning rod and the ultralight rod. Nothing. No hits, no runs, no errors.…