Day 6

We've covered 1507 miles since we left Madison on Monday.

We only covered 239 miles today, this seem to be the norm for us. You just can't ride through these places without stopping.
We had a shower or two during the night in Sault Ste. Marie, but skies had completely cleared by the time we got on the road. We retraced our route from 2009 and picked up the road along the south shore out of town. In 2009 it was raining when we passed through this section so we saw it under much different conditions. As we move west however, we can feel the humidity building. As we rode in and out of bays it felt like opening the air conditioner vents - heading inland was like turning the heater on.
We are in Munising, MI tonight. It looks like a chance of showers tomorrow and lots of heat. In the morning we are going to catch a 2.5 hour boat cruise up to the Pictured Rocks. If we can get up to the copper country on the Keweenaw Peninsula by tomorrow night we'll be doing good. Temperatures should be cooler up there.

Lockview Hotel, Sault Ste. Marie. We stayed here in 2009 and liked it so well we thought we'd stay again. We were lucky, this was the next to last room available. : Alan
1 Lockview Hotel, Sault Ste. Marie. We stayed here in 2009 and liked it so well we thought we'd stay again. We were lucky, this was the next to last room available.
 Oh the shores of Whitefish Bay : Alan
2 Oh the shores of Whitefish Bay
 Oh the shores of Whitefish Bay. Iroquois Light : Alan
3 Oh the shores of Whitefish Bay. Iroquois Light
 Oh the shores of Whitefish Bay. Iroquois Light. The Canadian side of Whitefish bay in distance : Alan
4 Oh the shores of Whitefish Bay. Iroquois Light. The Canadian side of Whitefish bay in distance
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 Ahhhh, nice cool breeze! : Alan
7 Ahhhh, nice cool breeze!
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 Crusing the south shore of superior : Alan
12 Crusing the south shore of superior
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 Homemade blueberry pie in Paradise. Paradise MI. that is. : Alan
14 Homemade blueberry pie in Paradise. Paradise MI. that is.
 A Yooper Pasty in Paradise. A meat pie with carrots, potatos and other veggies cooked inside. Gravy on the side. We discovered this little eatery on our visit in 2009. : Alan
15 A Yooper Pasty in Paradise. A meat pie with carrots, potatos and other veggies cooked inside. Gravy on the side. We discovered this little eatery on our visit in 2009.
At Whitefish point. Over 4000 shipwrecks have been recorded in Superior since the area was first explored. : Alan
16 At Whitefish point. Over 4000 shipwrecks have been recorded in Superior since the area was first explored.
 Whitefish Point light : Alan
17 Whitefish Point light
 The ships bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald. This bell was replaced with a memorial bell with the 29 names of the lost sailors. The wreck was 20 miles north of Whitefish point in 569 ft of water. : Alan
18 The ships bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald. This bell was replaced with a memorial bell with the 29 names of the lost sailors. The wreck was 20 miles north of Whitefish point in 569 ft of water.
 Light keepers quarters as it appeared in the 30's 40's : Alan
19 Light keepers quarters as it appeared in the 30's 40's
 On the point. : Alan
20 On the point.
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 Wild rice everywhere up here. : Alan
25 Wild rice everywhere up here.
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 Grand Marais bay on the Northern end of Pictured Rocks National Seashore. : Alan
27 Grand Marais bay on the Northern end of Pictured Rocks National Seashore.
 Grand Marais bay on the Northern end of Pictured Rocks National Seashore. : Alan
28 Grand Marais bay on the Northern end of Pictured Rocks National Seashore.
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 Sable Dunes. 300 ft dunes in Pictured Rocks NS : Alan
30 Sable Dunes. 300 ft dunes in Pictured Rocks NS
Grand Marais in distance : Alan
31 Grand Marais in distance
 The Grand Sable Dunes : Alan
32 The Grand Sable Dunes
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 If you like, you can slide from here to the beach 300 ft below. You can climb back up in about an hour if you are about 25 and in top physical condition. There have been about 400 rescues here. : Alan
34 If you like, you can slide from here to the beach 300 ft below. You can climb back up in about an hour if you are about 25 and in top physical condition. There have been about 400 rescues here.
 IMG 2551 : Alan
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Some kids made it down. Didn't watch them try to climb out. : Alan
36 Some kids made it down. Didn't watch them try to climb out.
 Thinking I'll do a belly slide down. : Alan
37 Thinking I'll do a belly slide down.
 At the edge of the Log Slide at the Grand Sable Dunes. : Alan
38 At the edge of the Log Slide at the Grand Sable Dunes.
 End of another great day of adventure on the southern shore. : Alan
39 End of another great day of adventure on the southern shore.
 Heading for Munising, MI through Pictured Rocks NS. : Alan
40 Heading for Munising, MI through Pictured Rocks NS.
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 Two more "wrecks" on the beach at Whitefish Point. : Alan
42 Two more "wrecks" on the beach at Whitefish Point.