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I’m going to attend two workshops at the Southwest Fiber Festival tomorrow, so I drove down to Tucson to spend the night at Elaine Ross’s house. Elaine is the president of the Arizona Federation of Weavers and Spinners Guilds and graciously invited me to stay the weekend at her beautiful home so I could drive […]

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After a pre-sunrise breakfast we left Crawfordsville for Turkey Run State Park and found us there much too early for our canoe ride. To pass time we opted for a drive through a bunch of the covered bridges for which this area is so famous for. We managed to find about 5 before circling back […]

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We crawled out of bed and had breakfast at the American Pancake House just south of the Indiana stateline, then swung through South Bend and Elkhart to get started on our scenic drive through the Amish countryside. First stop was the history Bonneyville Mill near Goshen, followed by some of the obvious “sights” such as the Amish bakery, cheese factory, […]

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After breakfast at Frankfort’s Crescent Bakery we headed north for a short drive to the Point Betsy Lighthouse, then returned briefly to Frankfort where I filled up a bottle of water from the local mineral springs and hunted down a few locally made “Frankfort” stickers. Finally on the way south we stopped for some apples […]

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We got up early to catch the sunrise on the east side of the Soo Locks, then watched two ships pass through the Soo Locks. After breakfast at the Lockview Restaurant, where we’d had our dinner the night before (you get a discount if you’re staying at the Long Ships Motel and the food is decent) we […]

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After breakfast at Jeffrey’s we left Marquette. Our first major destination was Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising. In Summer, tourists can take all kinds of boat rides to see the beautiful rocks, but today, with low clouds, fog, and drizzly rain that didn’t sound too enticing or worthwhile. We stopped to look at Scott […]

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We took a short drive at sunrise to find a nice view of the Copper Harber Lighthouse which is only accessible by boat on a tour, which sounds interesting and would be something to come back for. After breakfast at the Tamarack Inn (where I enjoyed the Hangover Hash) we stopped at one of two gas […]

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We had breakfast in Hurley, which is adjacent to Ironwood but lies in Wisconsin. Hurley is home to a number of bars, mostly situated on one long street. We avoided the pub serving breakfast (although in retrospect that would have probably been an interesting experience) and instead ate at the Bonshell Cafe,in the company of a […]

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I wanted to take a look at the town of Fond du Lac before we left for the road north since I was curious what the town center near the lake looked like. The downtown area looked nice, but I really loved the lake at sunrise, almost perfectly still, while the cold, crisp air rang with the sounds of […]

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We made it! After flying to Chicago in the wee hours of the morning, picking up the rental car and throwing ourselves into local traffic with a northerly aim we hit the shores of Lake Michigan. I can’t get over how tropical this lake looks in the sun. Of course I pretty much immediately doffed my shoes and […]

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