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on the ferry to Mackinac Island tomorrow for the upscale tourist

event of the trip. The town of 3000 has Lake Huron on its east,
Lake Michigan to its west and the Straits of Mackinac connecting

the two to the south.

A couple more observations on food:

They love salt up here in the North Country. We have both had

many evenings with true pitting edema well above our ankles.
This goes away with drinking lots of water and further exercise

and as we are running up and down stairs with alacrity, is not a

sign of failing health.

In general, salt is the only spice. However, the food is not bland
and has been good overall.

We still don’t have vegetables on the restaurant menus. The only

fruit and veggies we get are what we buy in the grocery store and
eat raw for lunches. This is meat and potato country.

I don’t care how cold it gets up here, look for lines at the Dairy

Queen. They are everywhere – in towns big and small. They far
outnumber any other chains and appear to be the local hangout

for young people in the smaller towns. There have been very few

McDonalds and almost no Burger Kings.

For the most part, we have been in rural and small town areas the
whole trip. Mom and Pop restaurants are the rule. They serve the

Walleye and trout from the local lakes and cod from Iceland.
When we have seen ethnic, it’s been mostly Italian.

We will be planning tonight how and where to camp out for a few
days thereafter. It’s time to get out the tent and get even closer to
nature – hopefully at temperatures above 40.

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