Day 53 – Thursday, July 15, 2010

46° 43.035' N
092° 03.452’ W
Superior, Wisconsin (day 3)

Today was a great day. We did a walking tour and visited three local historical tourist destinations. The first was the S.S. Meteor Maritime Museum. The ship was called a whale back built here in 1896 and returned here to be preserved in 1972. The Meteor was designed to be a bulk carrier then modified to carry oil in her last years sailing the Great Lakes.

Our second stop close to the S.S.Meteor was the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center. It honors Richard Bong and other Metal of Honor recipients. Richard Bong was called the Ace of Aces having downed 40 enemy aircraft in WW II while flying a P-38 Lighting fighter plane. I would highly recommend a visit to the museum to any one passing through Superior.

Our third stop was the Fairlawn Mansion. It’s a grand old 42 room, Queen Anne mansion built in 1890 for $150,000. In 1963 the city of Superior decided to save it from the wrecking ball and has completed restoration of the first floor while work continues on the rest of the building.

Sherri’s husband Mark is in Superior for two days and we took the opportunity to have dinner with him at our marina. As always we had a great visit.

Tomorrow we will move the boat to Duluth a few miles from here.