[Magdalen] Superior North Shore - help please

[Clarissa Canning]

Ha ha if you got to Houghton you may catch my brother the Park Ranger!  He
leaves for the Isle of Royal for May 1st.  Not really wish I could find the
time to go visit him. myself.  The scenery is great.

On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 10:22 PM, ROGER STOKES <
roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Joe, the pace is slowing a bit now.  I am in Duluth 25-27 April, allowing
> Tues 26 to head for the North Shore and Marquette 27-29, allowing Thurs 28
> for the peninsula.  Friday 29 I head for Mackinaw City then over the bridge
> on Saturday 30 to Grand Rapids and meet with Judy.
> Roger
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>     On Sunday, 24 April 2016, 3:54, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
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>  The trip around the Keewanaw Penisula is wonderful. I don't think you
> could do it justice, traverse the Bridge, and meet with Judy in timely
> fashion unless you added a day or two to the itinerary. I am amazed at the
> amount of miles you put in each day. I stopped doing that in the 70's after
> a trip to Victoria BC and Yellowstone from Tobermory ONT leaving from
> Chicago via Windsor Ontario (My aunt had died, and I celebrated her
> resurrection at the Motherhouse near Windsor.) Needless to say, that 70's
> trip didn't include the Keewanaw that was a vacetion in itself about 10
> years later.
>
> Joe Cirou
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: ROGER STOKES <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> >Sent: Apr 23, 2016 10:22 PM
> >To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Superior North Shore - help please
> >
> >Yes, how else might I get from Duluth to meet up with Judy in Grand
> Rapids? ;-)  I am actually quite looking forward to it even though it will
> break my normal approach of not using toll roads :-)
> >Roger
> >
> >
> >    On Sunday, 24 April 2016, 2:34, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Are you going to drive across the Mackinac bridge??
> >Lynn
> >
> >Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >On Apr 23, 2016, at 5:17 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >I found these:
> >
> >From David Strang:
> >Do drive up the Lake Superior North Shore at least as far as the
> >famous Split Rock Lighthouse, and also take a good look at the
> >Duluth Aerial Bridge.  Just across the Saint Louis Bay is  Superior,
> >Wisconsin, my maternal family epicenter.  The Apostle Islands
> >over on the Wisconsin Lake Superior shore are worth seeing, too,
> >and Bayfield on the Chequamegon Bay.
> >
> >From Dan Britten:
> >If you get to Split Rock, go just to the north side of Two Harbors and
> stop
> >at Betty's Pies.
> >
> >From Lynn Ronkainen:
> >...and if you're driving along Lake Superior, consider going up into the
> >Keweenaw Peninsula and driving up or down Brockway Mt. Drive... which
> >begins or ends, depending on which direction you take, in Copper Harbor. A
> >lovely drive, with overlooks of the lake, that was built during the
> >depression by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps. a program under
> >President Roosevelt to employ people and develop many of our national and
> >state held lands/parks etc).
> >
> >Eleanor
> >
> >On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 5:51 PM, ROGER STOKES <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> Over recent months I saved suggestions foir what to do in the USA but
> >> forgot to print them out before leaving home.  I know Split Rock
> Lighthouse
> >> was one suggestion but I think somebody suggested a drive up or down a
> >> particular hill as being worth the effort for the scenic views.  Please
> can
> >> someone remind me of the details?
> >> Roger, now in Williston ND
> >>
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