Another night next to a sand pit 
Wednesday, July 26, 2006, 09:26 AM - Hiking/Camping
Went window shopping in Copper Harbor. Started running out of gas, so headed back down hwy 41. Another recently paved, yet tiny road, very curvey.
A lot of old logging roads or sand pits scattered around. We picked one
to take a break on [47 25'36"N 88 00'56"W]. We had bought Fly Paper at the
general store, which allowed us to regain our sanity. I think we swatted maybe 50, and there must be 100+ on the fly papers! From now on, we shut the cab
windows when we stop!

Went for a "Bushwack" hike. Tried getting to Meadow Lake, a roadless lake nearby. Ended up hiking about 7 miles.. when we found it, it was a little swampy so not swimmable. Ended up taking a swim in Medora Lake.

Great Night sleep!

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Upper peninsula of the Upper Peninsula 
Tuesday, July 25, 2006, 08:32 AM - Driving
Woke up in our nice hidden unused sandpit.. Miranda wanted to spend the day here...
I'm pushing for a little better "view" :) [46 39'34" N,89 35'53" W]
On the road, we went through a construction site where they're working on the highway.
There was a red Dodge Viper parked off the road in the middle of the work site!?!

Checked out Jacobs Creek Falls, climbed up the river a quarter mile.

Went Snorkeling at an awesome swimming beach, nicer than Park Point! [47 26'36"N 88 13'0"W]
Not much other than sand, and a couple rocks.. . Clean perfect sand.

Afterwards, we managed to find internet access in Copper Harbor, which was a surprise since it is
a tiny little tourist trap. They wanted $3.56 for gas ($3.16 avg out here).

Camped out on the side of a road right past Copper Harbor.. We gave up searching for a better spot,
nice view, but we may get asked to leave.. [ 47°27'46"N 87°49'32"W ]
-joe

FLYS!!!! CANT SLEEP BECAUSE OF FLYS!!!!! HUNDREDS OF FLYS!!!


Jacob's Creek Falls.

Farther up Jacob's Creek Falls. It was quite pretty.

The beach we had lunch at. That's me (Miranda) with the pink flippers in the water.


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Traveling... 
Monday, July 24, 2006, 06:31 PM - Driving
We went snorkeling at a rocky beach on lake superior [46 36'44" N,90 19'59" W]
had a nice dinner in the parking lot (conveniant!) and then Slowly drove down by the spooky-dark
yet traversable forest floor. Very nice roads so far, small, but good condition.
Stopped for gas, 20cents more expensive in Michigan!! (SAM!!!) ouch. should
have filled up in Wisconsin... We tried a new technique for finding a "hobo-spot", one of us rides her bike down small roads quick while i sit on the shoulder. Saves gas, and prevents the beast from getting stuck.
-Joe


Our sandpit we stayed in that night.

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Leaving Bayfield 
Monday, July 24, 2006, 10:28 AM - Driving
We spent the morning in Bayfield. Rode our bikes around a bit,
Thought about scuba diving here, they have some cool wrecks,
but all the coordinates are in LORAN!!?!? something ancient and not
equivalent to lat/longitude, so we had no idea where the wrecks were..
TIme to move on though...

CLick on the CURRENT LOCATION link on the right.
We'll try to keep that updated. red spot marks where we last had internet :)
-Joe

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We've Left!! 
Sunday, July 23, 2006, 10:56 AM - Driving
We left! We finished loading up the RV. Jerry helped us finish up a couple of last-minute fixes. I slipped on my nice green socks from Miranda's Grandmother and we left the house at around 11pm! We decided on heading towards the Upper Peninsula, so we parked at the Meyers Beach parking lot. Slept pretty good!
-Joe


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