Was This The Last Ride of Summer?

Is anyone else saying, “where has summer gone?” It is, essentially, over, or it sure feels like that.

Hubby and I took another drive up to the UP two weeks ago, just a ride for the day. We were actually on a food run, as stupid as that sounds.

First stop, though, was Military Hills Roadside Park, ten miles north of Bruce Crossing (and a mere four miles north of my favorite waterfalls (I’ll go back there some day.)). That wayside is a pretty standard potty break for us. 

Jacob Falls, which we only stopped at because it is right next to our first food stop.

Ahh, our beloved Jampot Bakery, run by the monks.

The line was long. 

So I left Hubby to stand in it while I walked our Hannah.

She did make a few friends though.

Picnic lunch at one of our favorite spots. The park in Eagle Harbor. Always clean and usually quiet. On a nice day everyone is down at the beach two blocks away.  

I discovered a new place in a book on the UP that I bought Hubby for Christmas. In the village of Kearsage there is a stone ship that was built in honor of the Civil War ship, the USS Kearsage. I’ve driven by it and taken pictures of it dozens of times. But never knew that there had been two others built in the area. This one is just north of Calumet. The other one, somewhere near Hancock, has crumbled into oblivion.  

Then, though we had mixed feelings, we had to stop at Dino’s Beach. Okay, it is really the Calumet Waterworks Park, but for us it will forever be Dino’s Beach. Our previous faithful dog loved that beach, loved chasing sticks into the water, loved to swim in Lake Superior until he was exhausted. 

Hannah, the little loaf that she is, has yet to find a body of water to dip her toes in. Some day, sweet baby.

Last stop. Pasties at Pasty Corner in Iron River. We vote them the best pasties we’ve had. Worth the trip.