Departing St. Paul, we travel through Stillwell, the oldest burg in Minnesota, up into Wisconsin through the land of grains and soy and then into dairy lands as seen in this typical picture, and into the north lands. This forested area is mostly birch and pine. We later learned most of the early transportation was by canoes built from birch bark. For over 150 years the fur traders and indians shared this form of travel as they conducted commerce in the fur business.
We settled in Superior Wisconsin for a few days. Traveled to Diluth to see the shipping industry of the great lakes. They have a good history of the lakes including all the hundreds of ship
wrecks, most famously the Edmund Fitzgerald, the song made famous by Gordon Lightfoot. The bridge into the loading docks is pictured here. It is quit a landmark, we saw it go up and down for some pleasure craft and the tourist ferryboat.We traveled 60-70 miles up the north shore of Superior via the scenic route. The views are somewhat shrouded by dense growth but there are many turn outs. Lots of visitors here as this is a weekend. Having seen a representative taste of the north shore we stumbled into a golf course in Two Harbours. Daylight prevails into late evening so 18 holes with views of the lake was in order. Two Harbours actually showed us another example of the American spirit.
The 3m company had set up shop here because they thought the raw materials were available to make a go of it. It wasn't. They didn't give up and found a different type of material more suitable and guess what? Diversity prevailed.
Lili stands on the shore of Lake Superior. This lake is roughly 400 miles long and 160 miles wide. It would fill the Valley in California from Redding to Bakersfield and the Sierra to the Coast range.....................and the journey continues
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