This morning the camp host came to visit us, he brought Nate a few Yooperlite rocks, Nate vowed not to take credit for them. The host was so funny and kind, he was like you can go ahead and take credit. Truly this was so thoughtful and nice of this host and I know Nate really appreciated being able to take a few Yooperlite rocks home. We drove to Marquette today and are staying at Marquette Tourist Park. The campground is on located on Dead River. We opted to stay off the river so that we could have full hookups which has been rare during this trip unlike in Florida. It's been over 2 weeks since we've had a site with water hookup far less sewer. I'm looking forward to the long shower tonight and not ... read more

Guess what? NO WATERFALLS TODAY!! Yep, I'm taking over the tour and blog today. Lol. We slept in, well at least I did, Tina got some work done while I microwaved some lunch yum. Began our adventure traveling along the Keweenaw Bay taking in the great views of the water and rocky shoreline. Continuing into the town of Hancock where our first experience into anything mining began at Quincy Mine. Sneaking into the last tour of the day as it is still early in the season. We also lucked out today because they were testing out new equipment on the tour, flashlights, this was only the second tour attempted since the first didn't go so well. A brief gathering to watch a video and allowing everyone to use the restroom before starting the over 2-hour tour. ... read more

Yesterday was another rainy day. I was kind of relieved because I was able to catch up on my work. We watched a few more episodes of That ‘70s Show, Nate made lunch, and Daisy made dinner. It is nice when everyone pitches in. Nate and Daisy are already tired of hiking and viewing waterfalls. Somehow, I talked them into viewing a few more along the Black River Forest Scenic Byway. The first fall we viewed was Gorge Falls, just a brief walk from the parking lot. This waterfall was located within a deep and narrow gorge. The overlook supplied a full view of the falls. You could feel the mist of the falls as you stand in awe of its beauty. Then we walked over to Potawatomi Falls. The overlook was much closer which allowed ... read more

Yesterday was a rainy and cold day so we stayed in most of the day other than to go find internet to work a bit. We binged season 1 of That '70s Show. With that said I was excited to get up and get out to hike to some waterfalls. Waterfalls is my number one thing to visit on vacation. We started right at our campground, Pattison State Park. We hiked first to Little Manitou Falls. We approached a small fall that was very pretty thinking we found Little Manitou Falls we continued to find Big Manitou Falls. We sat for a while to enjoy what we thought was Big Manitou Falls, once we got up and began to hike, we found that was Little Manitou Falls, the first falls was just an extra. We hiked ... read more

Really short drive today, although we did cross back into Wisconsin. We are camping at Willow River State Park so that we can enjoy Willow Falls. State parks are a little pricer here than we are use to, especially for a nonresident. They charge you the fee to camp, a fee to make the reservation, and an entrance fee that can be quite high. Example for nonresident to camp at Willow River State Park: $40+$8+$13=$61. Now if you wait to reserve until you arrive you can avoid the reservation fee. If you will be camping at multiple Wisconsin State Parks, I would suggest purchasing an annual pass for $38 to avoid paying the entrance EACH DAY that you camp. Another thing to know is that they do not provide water or sewer at your campsite, many ... read more