DAY 1 We left Superior, WI bound for Stockton Island early Monday, July 30. Beautiful day with an uneventful journey arriving at Stockton early enough to be able to tie up at the dock. Afte a walk across the island, Bob decided to cool off with a "refreshing" dip in Lake Superior (75 degree water)! It didn't feel that warm to me though ! No internet access here.
DAY 2 After a long day from Stockton to Houghton-Hancock MI (12 hours), we dockd at the Houghton County Marina for the night. The showers and AC felt wonderful after the long hot day. It must've been 85-90 degrees. Overall, the trip over was rather boring...nothing to see but the water, boat or Bob (or me, for Bob) as we did'nt see land or another boat for about 8 hours. Learning more about the GPS !
DAY 3 Spent the day hanging around Houghton and Hancock trying to keep cool--another hot one ! Picked up a couple passengers to go from the Marina to the Houghton City dock (just across the waterway). Bought some pasties--an upper MI specialty which we enoyed for dinner. Spent the afternoon in their new library which was REALLY a nice one. Late afternoon we motored down to the southern end of the waterway and tied up to the harbor of refuge seawall where we spent the night. I docked it here---YIPPEE! A quiet night with no-one but us at this place.
Day 4 Motored to Marquette--another pretty long HOT day. Tied up to the city seawall (I docked it again ! WOW). No facilities or TV so we walked to a bar so we could see about the bridge tragedy in Mpls. Nice uupdated waterfront and parks.
DAY 5 Motored from Marquette to Munising which was an interesting ride. Not hot anymore temperature-wise but perspiring from the situation. Little did we know that a small craft warning was issued about 3 hours after we left Marquette. Waves generally 3-4 feet with some 5-6. Winds got strong from the north so we did a lot of rocking and rolling. But we're here--safe and sound. After another nice shower we walked the town ( pop. 3000) and had a whitefish dinner. Surprising to us, we learned about the Pictured Rocks Lakeshore National Park which draws a lot of people...there are 5 tour boats in this little harbor and they go out on tours each holding about 100-125 people and do this up to 7 times a day! That's a lot of people but because of the small craft warning, THEY didn't go out until this evening! The weather is supposed to be nice tomorrow so we'll take our own tour on our way to Grand Marais MI. I have some nice pictures, but at this point I can't remember how to post them...perhaps someone can help me out on how to do this...suggestions anyone?