Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink

We love Duluth. It is a beautiful city on the lake. So many homes back up to that huge body of water. Are you going to be in Milwaukee? I can try to link you up with our son & daughter-in-law. They have taken in several of our trav
eling friends.....and they love dogs.

In Michigan, several places have French names that were given to them by the French who explored these American regions, long ago, in the eighteenth century : Rivi?re au Sable, Belleville, B?te Grise, Bois Blanc, ?le Bois-Blanc, comt? de Be
rrien, Cadillac, Charlevoix, D?troit, Eau Claire, Ecorse (angl.), Grand Blanc, Grand Marais, comt? de Grand Traverse, comt? de Gratiot, Grosse-?le, Grosse-Pointe, Isle-Royale, Parc national d'Isle-Royale, lac La Belle, La Branche, L'Anse, lac Vieux D?sert, Les Cheneaux, Marquette, comt? de Montcalm, comt? de Montmorency, Pointe Detour, Pointe-aux-Pins, Pointe Mouill?e, rivi?re P?re Marquette, Presque Isle, rivi?re Raisin, Sault Sainte-Marie, Saint-Ignace, Saint-Joseph, comt? de Saint-Clair, rivi?re Sainte-Claire, Traverse, Grand Rapids (angl.). In Minnesota : Albertville, Baudette, rivi?re Bois-de-Sioux, Cloquet, comt? de Faribault, comt? de Hennepin (< Louis Hennepin), comt? de Lac-qui-Parle, comt? de Le Sueur (< explorateur Pierre-Charles Le Sueur), comt? de Lyon, comt? de Mille-Lacs, comt? de Nicollet (< explorateur Jean Nicolet), comt? de Roseau, Coteau-des-Prairies, Duluth, Flandrau, Frontenac, Gentilly, Grand Marais, Grand Portage, Grand Rapids (angl.), La Crosse, Lac-qui-parle, Parc d'?tat de Lac-qui-Parle, rivi?re Lac-qui-Parle, Orl?ans, lac P?pin, rivi?re Pomme de Terre, lac Pomme de Terre, rivi?re Rouge du Nord, Saint-Cloud, Sedan (< ville fran?aise de la r?gion de Champagne), lac Traverse, Parc national des Voyageurs, Villard. As part of a conference in Quebec, I've met a genealogist who lived in Duluth. She spoke English and French. I can not wait to read the blog tomorrow. Good night and good hiking tomorrow!