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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 geese traveling overhead.

At midday we saw more and more clouds until we lost blue sky completely shortly after noon. On the other hand we noticed that driving north the fall foliage colors were becoming more and more brilliant, especially the red maple leaves which turned some trees into veritable explosions of red and oranges. It also appeared that even the smallest Wisconsin towns had at least one pub, usually with a few vehicles parked in front of it at all kinds of hours. These people take their alcohol intake serious!

Our drive today took us to the Michigan stateline at the western side of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We found our night’s lodging at the neat little Quinn Motel in Ironwood, MI, which offers friendly service and great, clean rooms for a great, low price. It also introduced us to UP magazine, a locally produced mag which is hard to classify, other than that it appeals to folks who are not taken in by glossy publications such as GQ, Cosmo, etc.