Day 30-August 10

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Point Iroquois Lighthouse

Now that's clear water!

Comments about Day 29

We got off to a slow start, knowing we didn’t have to travel as far as most days; we were only going to Paradise.  Paradise, Michigan that is, which is on the eastern edge of the Upper Peninsula, where we were meeting my sister, Wendy, and her husband, Carl, with whom we would be spending the next four nights at the Rivermouth Campground in the Tahquamenon Falls State Park.

Having run out of water in our van, we didn’t make coffee, so we satisfied our coffee fix at Antonio’s, a small immaculate restaurant in nearby Bergland.  I also picked cup some slices of banana and pumpkin.

Continuing out drive across the UP, we stopped in Munising to purchase some wine, and then continued on to the town of Marquette, a prosperous  small city on the coast which is  also home to a state university.  We had a delicious lunch at the  Vierling Brewery pub.  Joni had a pulled pork sandwich and I enjoyed the local cuisine with a cup of Whitefish chowder and fried Whitefish bites.  

Leaving the restaurant we took a brief driving tour around Marquette before returning to our drive to Paradise.

We arrived at the campground in Paradise around 4 pm.  Wendy and Carl were already there; our adjacent campsites faced west and  overlooked the Tahquamenon River.

We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening enjoying each other’s company.  We had not seen Wendy and Carl since April, so we had lots of family news to share as we watched the sunset over the river.   

The late sunset, 9:15 PM, allowed us to have an even later stake dinner which Carl grilled.  Despite the dark, the steaks were cooked perfectly.