Was This The Last Ride of Summer?

Isanyone else saying, “where has summer gone?” It is, essentially, over, or itsure feels like that.

Hubbyand I took another drive up to the UP two weeks ago, just a ride for the day.We were actually on a food run, as stupid as that sounds.

Firststop, though, was Military Hills Roadside Park, ten miles north of BruceCrossing (and a mere four miles north of my favorite waterfalls (I’ll go backthere some day.)). That wayside is a pretty standard potty break for us. 

JacobFalls, which we only stopped at because it is right next to our first food stop.

Ahh,our beloved Jampot Bakery, run by the monks.

Theline was long. 

SoI left Hubby to stand in it while I walked our Hannah.

Shedid make a few friends though.

Picniclunch at one of our favorite spots. The park in Eagle Harbor. Always clean andusually quiet. On a nice day everyone is down at the beach two blocks away.  

Idiscovered a new place in a book on the UP that I bought Hubby for Christmas.In the village of Kearsage there is a stone ship that was built in honor of theCivil War ship, the USS Kearsage. I’ve driven by it and taken pictures of itdozens of times. But never knew that there had been two others built in thearea. This one is just north of Calumet. The other one, somewhere near Hancock,has crumbled into oblivion.  

Then,though we had mixed feelings, we had to stop at Dino’s Beach. Okay, it isreally the Calumet Waterworks Park, but for us it will forever be Dino’s Beach.Our previous faithful dog loved that beach, loved chasing sticks into the water,loved to swim in Lake Superior until he was exhausted. 

Hannah,the little loaf that she is, has yet to find a body of water to dip her toesin. Some day, sweet baby.

Laststop. Pasties at Pasty Corner in Iron River. We vote them the best pasties we’vehad. Worth the trip.