Friday, September 24thSault Sainte Marie, Ontario Thursday afternoon after touring the Corps of Engineer’s Soo Locks facility we crossed the International Bridge to the Canadian side. We camped at a nice KOA facility just North of town; Donna and Dan had a nice spacious suite at a hotel in town. It rained all afternoon and … Read more
September 26-27, 2010Marquette, Michigan color tour – days 1 & 2 color tour – days 3 & 4 color tour – days 5 & 6 color tour – days 7,8 & 9 We left Paradise, Mi heading for Marquette. Highway 123 from Paradise to Newberry the color was at about 60%, not as good as … Read more
Magnificent sailing ships competing in the Tall Ships Challenge Race have been the occasion for a every other year Tall Ships Festival in Duluth, Minnesota. In 2022 the festival moved to Two Harbors due to construction in the Duluth Harbor. Below is an earlier article which will give you an idea of what the festival … Read more
Raspberry Island Lighthouse Tour – Apostle Islands The Raspberry Island Lighthouse is one of six lighthouses in the Apostle Islands. Three of them are open to the public for guided tours; we elected to tour the one at Raspberry Island offered by Apostle Islands Cruise Service in conjunction with the Apostle Islands National Park Service. … Read more
Start of the UP200 Sled Dog Marathon – Marquette, Michigan Upper Peninsula Friday night in Marquette thousands of people lined up along snow covered West Washington Street to watch the beginning of the UP200 Sled Dog Race, a qualifying competition for the famed Iditarod Alaskan race. Downtown businesses provided a festival atmosphere with music and … Read more
St Croix Falls Interstate Park – Fall Color Interstate Park, a cooperative effort of Wisconsin, Minnesota and the National Park Service, is located on the St. Croix Wild and National Scenic River which forms part of the state line dividing the northern part of Wisconsin and Minnesota south of Duluth. It is actually two parks. … Read more
I’ve had a chance to visit and play three golf courses in the Dubuque, Iowa area: Bunker Hill, Lacoma, & The Meadows. My goal is to play all of the 18 hole public golf courses along the Upper Mississippi Great River Road from Fulton, Illinois to Taylor Falls, Minnesota. Bunker Hill Golf Club We found … Read more