Thursday, July 6th
Today we drove the Jeep about 250 miles, all the way from Ontonogan to Copper Harbor on the far northern tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula. We stopped for a while in Houghton which has a river that connects to Portage Lake and allows the big lakers to save 100 miles by cutting thru the peninsula.
In Copper Harbor, we checked out Fort Wilkins and its campground. Then we had dinner at Tamarack Inn in Copper Harbor. I had been feeling a little bad that I had not tried a favorite local delicacy, "Pasties". The "Pa" is pronounced with a short "a" so it sounds more like the "Pa" in "Patsy" than the "pa" in "paste". Anyhow, the pasty is a mix of beef, potatoes, onions and rutabaga inside a pastry shell and deep fried, I guess. Folks, I have ordered my first AND LAST pasty! What WAS I thinking? I have NEVER been fond of rutabaga and the addition of meat, potatoes and onions did NOTHING to improve this thing! MA had broiled lake trout and it was fine.
On the way back "home" we stopped at the top of Brockway Mountain to take this pic.
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