Day 32 – Thursday, June 24, 2010

N – 46° 24.809’

W – 086° 39.173’

Marquette, Michigan

Today was another great day for sight seeing! The weather was great for tourism, but not so great for boating. As we were walking to the car the Harbor Master said there were small craft warnings! The wind was pretty strong and I could see a chop on the bay inside of the break wall!

We drove to the Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee, Michigan. It’s located in a wooded setting within a beautiful building. It’s free, well funded, and exceptionally well done. I would recommend a visit if in the area. We had lunch at a road side restaurant that I won’t recommend.

From there we visited the Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum located in Ishpeming Michigan. We spent a few hours there with a retired geologist that worked for the mines his whole career. He was very informative and knew his mining, the region and history of the region prior to iron being discovered! I don’t think the museum gets any government support just a modest fee to enter and donations. There are a lot of volunteers working there, while having great plans for future development.

On the way back to the marina we wasted a few minutes and visited Da Yoopers Tourist Trap & Museum gift shop! I’ve had more stimulation watching paint dry! No pictures taken today.

Tomorrow John has a pump being delivered to the marina so we’ll be busy repairing his boat! I also have a few things to do so it appears that we will get out of here Saturday am!