This morning we left Marquette after a four day stay due to weather issues. It has finally laid down and predictions for the next several days look favorable, so the plan will be to move 70 miles east today to Grand Marais, Michigan (which has a good brewpub I think), then to n anchorage just above the Soo Locks tomorrow, then to the Drummond Island area on Tuesday. We'll see. Our stay in Marquette was delightful. Cindy varnished the foredeck of the pilot house and I fixed a nagging problem with the head, replacing the flush ball that was not sealing. We toured the area as best you can on folding bikes, got some exercise and last night watched the Twins sweep a doubleheader against Cleveland, so things went pretty well. The gale warnings and small craft advisories have been lifted and thi morning the lake is pretty flat. We toured a well done museum on UP and Mrquette history. We found a great fish market on the waterfront, and a couple of thrift stores.
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| One of the first women's hockey teams, in Marquette |
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| Prophetic date on the fireman's memorial |
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| Marquette fire bell |
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| The old ore dock. When it was active, the railroad spanned the area from the top of the hill, across the town itself to the top of the dock |
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| Ore dock showing the loading shutes |
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| Walking the breakwater |
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| Our shadows |
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| Breakwater with the lighthouse in the distance |
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| This lighthouse was indeed a house with the light on top |
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| Father Baraga's chapel, Marquette had some neat architecture, mostly built with local sandstone blocks |
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