September 5, Bayfield, Wisconsin towards home

HOMES= Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.

A mnemonic but also our destination.

Last stop is Ehler’s store in Cornucopia, Wisconsin. But we’re too early and it’s closed, so we peek inside and call it good.

We are in Spokane on September 7 at noon.

We’ve:

• gained back the hours we lost,
• slept in Dickinson, North Dakota in a brand new hotel built for the fracking boom,
• visited our good friend Tomas in Butte, Montana,
• passed fields of sunflowers with faces turned eastward,
• encountered two nonchalant bison grazing at the Painted Canyon visitor center. 

Favorite Labels Seen Along the Way:

•  Pebblestone Road
• Fungus Lake
• Speckled Trout Creek
• Crow Wing County
• Baptism River
• Camel Hump Lake
• Big Round Lake (there are so many lakes in Minnesota they just ran out of names??)

JMB:

Best Breakfast: Egg sandwich at Falling Rock Café and Bookstore in Munising

Best Lunch: Patty Melt at the Deepwater Grill in Ashland

Best Dinner: Lobster Mac and Cheese at Bistro One in Thunder Bay

PKB:

Best Breakfast: Porridge with blueberries at The Egg Toss in Bayfield

Best Lunch: Beer battered shrimp at the Brewery at Tahquamenon Falls

Best Dinner: Homemade soup at Serendipity in Rossport and the risotto at Keweenaw Lodge in Copper Harbor

Best Lodging:

Sunset Motel in Munising (it was the view)

Favorite Stops:

JMB: Soo Locks, Brockway Mountain drive, Aquasabon Falls

PKB: Agawa Trail, Kayaking, Pictured Rocks

One Regret:
Wish we had tasted Tiger Tail ice cream in Michigan. Orange sherbet with licorice :)