Road Trip!
Thursday - June 12
Michael
Terry
Tonight the road trip will end. I can't believe
how fast this trip has gone. I'm sure working on this website 
has helped to pass the time away. At the moment we are just outside
of the town Marquette, MI on highway 28 headed to where the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan comes to the mainland of Michigan. Not much to take pictures
of. Lake Superior is huge! 
It's hard to imagine that the ocean is thousands of miles away in
any direction while looking out on the lake. We stopped at the Michigan
Iron Industry Museum 
around 9:30 AM EDT. We learned that in certain areas, a magnetic compass
is useless because of the iron content in the rocks (as much as 70%). A
special compass that used the sun had to be invented to survey the land.
Here is a picture of one of the tools of the trade
...
7:08 PM EDT: We don't have much farther to go! It's appropriate that Paul
McCartney just got done singing "The Long and Winding Road." It was nice
to finally cross into the main part of Michigan from the Upper Peninsula.
Dad took this panoramic shot 
(beware: a very large file: composed of 10 pictures)
of Lake Superior and spent and EXTRA amount of time (1.5 hours) to make
it look so good. In the sand, the local aviary community 
leaves their mark. From the Mackinaw Bridge
you can see Lake Michigan out one window, and
Lake Huron out the other. Lake Huron 
wasn't much different from the others... But
3 great lakes in one day make for a great day :). I have no clue as to what
bug caused this, but if you think your stomach can handle it, click here. Dad had me take a picture of this 
in celebration of June, the Accordian Awareness
Month (We saw a sign that said so in Minnesota, but couldn't get the camera
to turn on fast enough). So far we haven't had anything close to us happening
with a result like this 
. When the excitement was over I took my opportunity
for revenge 
...Seeing this sign 
made us check the map again to make sure we
were in the right state (and not in Washington State). And Chantel, I just
tried calling you and you weren't there! Oh well, we'll see you in a few hours.
We've ARRIVED!!! The car is unpacked and we're
settling in for the evening. Just a brief reaction to the day before
I crash for the night - The Upper Penninsula is very large. Somehow,
on the map, wedged between those huge lakes, it just doesn't look like much
until you've been driving all day and you're still up there. It
was well worth the trip - very scenic and interesting. It's an
area that doesn't get much publicity out west. Anyway, Michael did a
good job of summarizing the day, so I'm going to call it quits. Thanks
for participating in our adventure. There will be a follow-up photo
gallery posted in a week or two. Bye!
BACK
It's hard to imagine that the ocean is thousands of miles away in
any direction while looking out on the lake. We stopped at the Michigan
Iron Industry Museum 
around 9:30 AM EDT. We learned that in certain areas, a magnetic compass
is useless because of the iron content in the rocks (as much as 70%). A
special compass that used the sun had to be invented to survey the land.
Here is a picture of one of the tools of the trade
...
(beware: a very large file: composed of 10 pictures)
of Lake Superior and spent and EXTRA amount of time (1.5 hours) to make
it look so good. In the sand, the local aviary community 
leaves their mark. From the Mackinaw Bridge
in celebration of June, the Accordian Awareness
Month (We saw a sign that said so in Minnesota, but couldn't get the camera
to turn on fast enough). So far we haven't had anything close to us happening
with a result like this 
...Seeing this sign 
made us check the map again to make sure we
were in the right state (and not in Washington State). And Chantel, I just
tried calling you and you weren't there! Oh well, we'll see you in a few hours.