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Day 243

8/5/2010

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Off the water

Throughout this trip I’ve been very lucky to have what would have been weather days fall on the very same days I planned on taking a day off anyway. That was the very truth today. With my brother, Luke, his wife Amy, and their two boys camping with us I had every reason to take a day off to spend time with them. It just so happens that he wind was blowing straight out of the west at over 20 mph and the water was very rough so it would have been a no-go day anyway.

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Around lunch time we were visited by a TV reporter from a local station in Escanaba. She started by asking me a few questions then cornered my mom and asked her a few more.


We did launch my boat through the rough stuff long enough to get a few video bits for the TV camera. It was fun to play in but would have been a worthless slog to try to get anywhere. 
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Charcoal kiln for the smelting plant
After talking to the reporter we visited the nearby Fayette Historic Town site where we saw the many remaining buildings of what used to be an iron mill town.  It was quite interesting to get a look at what life was like in a company town in the 1800's.  It paid to have an education back then to say the least. 


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Grandpa and Ty swimming
After the town tour we had a snack then drove to the other side of the peninsula to find a beach sheltered from the wind where we all could enjoy a swim. It turned out to be a wonderful day spent with some of my family that I’ve missed so much over the last several months.

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Steven Krause
8/7/2010 08:57:57 am

Aha! This is the real reason your parents went to meet you in Upper Michigan! So your mother could have her chance to be on Upper Michigan TV! Thousands of Yoopers recognized her as one of their own! Born and bred in the land of nine months of winter, three months of company!

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