Mile 1534 – Cloquet, Minnesota, just west of Duluth. Traveled the south coast of Lake Superior, into a cold front which cleared out the humidity and knocked the temperature down to my comfort level (between +80 and -80 F). Empty roads. Put my feet into Lake Superior and visited the village of Bayfield, Wisconsin, which reminded us of a coastal village on the Atlantic.
~ Posted by Arjan
Today we followed Lake Superior along the Upper Pennisula of Michigan and the north coast of Wisconsin under constantly changing cloudscapes. In Michigan, we started off under cloudy skies, but a few miles beyond Munising, the sun burst forth and we walked barefoot through fine, orange sand down to the beach. In Wisconsin, a scenic detour brought us to Bayfield, a town that reminded us of New England, and the late afternoon sun turned an ordinary wayside stop near the Iron River into an art gallery.
In between peeks at the Great Lake, we followed some of the straightest roads I have ever seen— miles and miles of the road opening before us and disappearing behind us in monotonous lines.
~ Posted by P.J.
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