We went to Marquette again this morning, late this morning. Downtown Marquette is about a 25 minute drive from the campground. We seem to by getting around later and later as the trip progresses. Soon we may not even be out of the camper by noon 😀. I did a walk around the campground, 0.57 miles, before leaving; checking to see if anything significant had changed since my walk around last evening. Nothing had.
SLOWLY the fall colors are coming. While driving we have seen an occasional tree with vivid red leaves, but not many so far.
Then it was on to Marquette. No climbing Sugarloaf Mountains today (Kathy is still feeling the effects from our earlier climb). We parked about a quarter mile from the pier and walked down to it, stopping at a bakery place we had heard about. We mostly enjoyed some of the same sights we did when we were here that last time.
It was good to see an old downtown theater still operating.
A great playground at the park at the pier and boat launch.
Our tax dollars at work. The EPA's Lake Guardian was docked. It has been roaming the Great Lakes, between March and October, since the early 90's. Onboard are multiple labs for testing water quality, testing all types of aquatic life, etc. It is 180 feet long and "berths" 42 people, 14 crew and up to 28 "scientists".
Below I managed a quick snapshot of Kathy leaving after placing an order for us at the Fish Express. It was 57 degrees and WINDY as we sat at a picnic table and ate our fish. The fish was good, but it wasn't twice as good as Long John Silvers, even though it cost over twice as much. (Our mouths are still watering waiting for our trip to Brown's Fisheries Fish House when we get near Paradise, MI. We loved it in 2011 and again in 2018.) We had planned on experimenting with a Thai restaurant but they did not allow inside seating, and had no outside seating. Several of the downtown restaurants seemed to be the same. Don't know whether they are terrified of COVID or just can't find anyone willing to work. As you can see in the photo there aren't a lot of masked YOOPERS.
After our walk at the pier, and our outdoor lunch the Fish Express, we headed back to the camper for a nap and some afternoon reading.
Have I mentioned that retirement/travelling is great?
I didn't take many photos because the photos from our 2018 trip are still on the blog. That year we arrived in Ishpeming on Day 8 of our trip, August 16, and left on Day 11, August 19. That year I went to a couple of interesting local museums that we didn't visit this trip, at least so far. Let me know if you are interested and have trouble finding them.
God is good, may He bless you and yours.
PS. Finished my six session online study of Genesis, through Hillsdale College, this afternoon. It was interesting, but some of the big words used by the Professor stretched my mind.
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