Saturday, September 28, 2013

Road Trip 3 - The Great Lakes (Part 1)

Robert F. Kennedy Bridge


Manhattan from the air







Newport





Chicago



My hire car


Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park, Illinois





Ryan's Round Barn


On the road


Entering Iowa


Mark Twain Overlook, Muscatine, Iowa





Riverside, Iowa











Independence, Iowa








Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, Burr Oak, Iowa




Burr Oak Savings Bank (Museum Visitor Centre)


Entering Minnesota



Historic Forestville







Trailhead Inn and Suites, Preston, Minnesota



Restored Grain Elevator




Preston Apple and Berry Farm





Back at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Burr Oak, Iowa



Touring the hotel









Ear of Corn water tower in Rochester, Minnesota





Wabasha, Minnesota



National Eagle Centre



Donald the Golden Eagle


Mississippi River










Septoberfest celebrations in Wabasha










Entering Wisconsin



Laura Ingalls Wilder  Museum in Pepin, Wisconsin








Replica of the Little House in the Big Woods near Pepin









Entering Michigan








Boat to Isle Royale (which I couldn't go on) at Copper Harbor, Michigan


Lake Superior





Fort Wilkins





Lake Fanny Hooe





Lincoln



1870 Census questions!




Copper Harbour Lighthouse



Delaware Cooper Mine near Copper Harbor


Self-guided tour of the mine (creepy)





Creepy bat



Mine Visitors Centre






Old mine building



Snow measuring line




Bridge linking Hancock and Houghton on the Keweenaw Penninsula


Driving along the shores of Lake Superior


Tioga Creek Roadside Park



Autumn colours near Arfelin Lake



Arfelin Lake





Storm on Lake Superior





Munising, Michigan


Double Rainbow!







Approaching storm


Miners Castle on the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore









Miners Falls


Sunset from Sand Point Beach









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