Day 27 Straits, St. Ignace, musuems and laundry

Rainy day so we plan to catch up on things and visit St. Ignace.  Father Marquette ministered here and was later  buried here.   He died while exploring with others for a passage west.

Day 26 July 4th - Wawa to USA at "the Soo", Straits state park, St. Ignace for fireworks on the boardwalk

Mattea and her new "best friend" Macayla had fun swimming, singing Madagascar songs and playing with playdough

We wanted to be in the USA for the 4th.  We can see Mackinac Island.  We are between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

Day 25 Nipigon-new Paddle to the Sea children's park, Red Rocks, Lunch -Rossport ,Wawa

Red Rock and Rossport

We  took pic at the kids park of Mattea and a large Paddle to the Sea

Day 24 July 2 Thunder Bay- Fort William, Lunch Terry Fox Memorial, Nipigon-Birchwood Campground, drive to Lake Nipigon

This area was an Indian reserve ...we found the graveyards simple and interesting

Birchwood campground has no pics as we were engulfed with what we called "organic mosquito
es.






We aimed to go to Lake Nipigon as it is mentioned in Paddle to the Sea, an old children's geography of the Great Lakes I used with our family when they were younger.

Day23 When in MN...Zoar Lutheran LCMC, Grand Marais, Grand Portage-USA, Thunder Bay-Kakabeka Falls Provincial Pk

This Falls is 2nd largest in Canada,after Niagara Falls.
Kakabeka Falls and the mountain portage- Thunder bay Canada

Pictures of the Grand Portage restoration USA.  This place changed hands after the Louisiana Purchase and the British then moved up to the new Fort William Post.  This original place had been a place of congenial commerce among the Ojibway(Chippewa), French-Canadian voyageurs and the British for over 200 years.  They just disassembled the whole fort and moved to the new boundary on the Pigeon River.

We stoppped at Grand Marais after church had lunch, and collected agates on the shore.   then





 Sunday service @ Zoar Lutheran,Pastor Doborah Lunde taught from the Book of Acts.  When we talked after I mentioned that I had just

 finished Acts with BSF and she was curious as to how it was taught.  She found it interesting that we used it as a historical timeline to cover the epistles.  This small congregation broke off two years ago from ELCA, I believe she said.

Day 22 (June 30th) Lake Superior, visit Split Rock Lighthouse, Silver Bay

Today we travelled south to Silver Bay and the Split Rock Lighthouse.  I had planned to get a shot of the little miner by the Silver Bay sign and this great little car just happened to show up as we we driving by.  

Day 21 Temperance River State Park, Lake Superior, Grand Marais MN

Today we started with a big breakfast.  I used the cast iron waffle iron for the first time.   It works great on the Coleman. Bob and Mattea swam at the mouth of the Temperance River as it empties into  Lake.  Very dark water with lots of minerals.  I went to Toftes cafe to try to get some time on the blog.

We are missing family and friends but look forward the next place.  Each area has a beauty of its own and we feel so very blessed to be able to see our beautiful country.