Wednesday, August 01, 2007
FRI-drive to marquette
i plan on picking up kevin around 10am for breakfast. i got up about 7. the oxygen up there tends to make me need less sleep and more food. enjoy some lake time at the cottage. then i take off. i stop at the potato farmer's house that has been abandoned since i was a little kid. almost missed it, cause the trees have almost covered it.
pick K up. go to what USED to be don's dinky diner. it is quite small. k had a good breakfast. i was quite disappointed in the hashbrowns. oh well. but better coffee than my uncles.
and we are off. by the way, the camry was around the 1/4 mark. SO, kevin was really watching for gas station. i say we can make it to MI where the gas taxes will be lower. this is why we missed the turn onto hwy 28. BUT, we did discover this picturesque abandoned farm. turned the car around to get some good pics. as we were getting back on the road, a red pickup was coming towards us and we do think they were making sure we weren't going to look for stuff.
well, we FINALLY found a gas station. it is quite empty up there, except closer to lake superior. we did get a beautiful of a cove from a hill. got to marquette with plenty of time. it took us a while to set up the tent and stuff. had issues with the leg my mom backed into and the age of the tent, but it was ok. drove around the park. showed k the north side, then got lost trying to find the super 8. but found it. sadly the family cafe next to the super 8 was under new management and the new hashbrowns also sucked. i also had WAY to much food. TWO porkchops, stuffing, hashbrowns, and more. and icky gravee. but the pork ok. oh, and lot of moon rises did we see.
