Back In the U.P. of Michigan; City of Detour/ Day 83/84 August 23 & 24

On Friday, August 23, Day 83 we headed down the St Mary's River, it was another pretty day, lots of fishing boats out & they all were fishing in the marked channel, of course. We arrived @ Detour State Marina which just opened in July after a total redo; all new docks, dredged, new layout, new facilities, everything & it is beautiful. 

No one should be out on these lakes in November!

As we stop and think about this very strategic location on the Great Lakes, over the past hundreds of years, every man that ventured to and from Lake Superior had to pass thru here. Consider the Indians that flourished here with the abundance of fish and wild life, then as the white man discovered the area, other natural resources began to be harvested and transcended thru this channel. Beaver furs from the Indians were worth a fortune to the settlers & traders, almost to the extinction of these poor animals. Indians traded the furs for trinkets.

We biked around a bit. Not really a bike path & not much of a downtown, but there is a post office, gas station, 2 restaurants, 1 bar, grocery, hardware & 2 gift shops. Really everything one needs, when you keep it simple. We dined out @ the Mainsail & had nicely spiced Whitefish & Doug had the fried pollock (a fish)-he is definitely getting more adventurous. 

We stayed 2 nights & ran into Vicky, Chris & Hannah who we met in Harrisville & hooked us into the wifi booster. Good to see you!! 

Not as impressive as Duluth

We biked to the Botanical gardens & the museum. The second day the wifi crashed so again I was not able to work on the blog. 

this is what Doug does after our strenuous days