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PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE

Saturday - It seemed a bit cold in our room when we woke this
morning. We had left the window open for the fresh air. It was so

cold that Lois broke her oath to never, never wear socks with
sandals. The shame!

When we got to the car, we found the cause of our discomfort. It

was 39 degrees! The clear blue skies overnight had pulled back
the blanket of yesterday’s clouds and allowed the ground’s heat to

escape.

So with the heat on in the car in August, we set off for the

northern lakeshore of the Upper Peninsula, or as called in these
parts, the U.P.

We got to Munising on the Lake Superior coastline late in the

morning where we were to spend the night. The map promised a
scenic drive further west to Marquette. The promise was fulfilled

as the road ran close to the shore on many occasions. In that area,
the shoreline has many easily accessible beaches of white sand. In

the shallows, the water was not too cold and some of these polar

bear-like people were basking in the sun and swimming in the
waves. Of course by now the temperature had soared to 68.

Today, we for the first time sought out a particular food. The

cinnamon bun for which this area is famous. We stopped at a local
bakery and found them. The place smelled so good, we stayed for

lunch and had a most delicious local baked good – the pastie. It’s a
meat pie with ground beef, diced potato, rutabaga, onion and

carrot all placed raw in extremely short pastry shell and baked for

an hour. Mouth watering in the extreme. We must learn how to
make these!

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