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July 14, 2018 Day 11 Iron River, MI to Home

We woke up to sunshine! Woohoo! The tent dried a little bit from the last two days of on and off rain.

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July 13, 2018 Day 10 Marquette, MI to Iron River, MI

It was another rainy morning and I suggested heading to a local diner instead of fast food again. We split a potato and gravy meat skillet. After breakfast we headed to Ishpeming in search of Jasper Knob. It was not the easiest to find the path that was described in the pamphlet that our camp neighbors had shared with us, but once we found it, the hike was short and resulted in a fantastic view.

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July 12, 2018 Day 9 Marquette, MI

The radar picture is actually calm compared to what roared through the early morning hours while we were attempting to sleep in the tent. As promised, since it was raining, Scott turned the van towards McDonald’s instead of cooking breakfast in the rain. That also gave us the shelter needed to set up appointments with some realtors in South Carolina for next week. The picture above Scott at McDonald’s was unique. A sled race right through town. I had no idea that I would see a 3D artistic representation of it in under an hour.

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July 11, 2018 Day 8 Marquette, MI

So…we decide to have breakfast burritos again. What can we say, they were good. I loved that we were having vegetables on a daily basis, which is sometimes a camp luxury. We headed out to explore the campground we were staying at since it was the number three item listed for Marquette on Trip Advisor.

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July 10, 2018 Day 7 Marquette, MI

Today was burrito day. We had egg and sausage burritos for breakfast and steak burritos for dinner. In between we went for a bike ride.

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July 8, 2018 Day 5 Wells State Park, MI to Marquette, MI

Drop off day! The kids are heading to Camp Batawagama today. They were extremely helpful in cleaning up camp and loading up the van today.

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July 9, 2018 Day 6 Marquette, MI

Last night Scott and I headed to the store to stock up on food. I went down one aisle, Scott went down another and said he’d be right back. Ten minutes later I was looking up and down the aisles trying to find him since I was ready to go. I finally found him talking with an employee named Tom. Tom works demos at the store. He had just finished doing a demo on ice cream sundaes. He and Scott had been talking about Honey Buns and Rice Krispie Treats and the best deals, and Tom offered Scott his leftovers from his demo day. Tom gave us four large beautiful peaches, an entire container of vanilla yogurt, and chocolate syrup. He offered for us to come back some more days at the end of his shift to get more too. Thanks to Tom we had a delicious breakfast of cantaloupe, peaches, and vanilla yogurt.