TRAVEL STATISTICS: As of today, we have driven 31, 783 miles on our entire trip. We sat in the truck for 912 hours and used 2770 gallons of diesel. We logged an average miles per gallon of 11.5. The truck has been operating beautifully since we left Yuma, Arizona (yes, I am knocking on wood!) We have new tires on the trailer and all of the bearings have been repacked. The trailer is pulling wonderfully too (knock on wood!).

Today, June 12, 2020, we drove from Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota to Ontonagon, Michigan. Today was a lovely day with no wind, clear skies, and temps around 60 degrees. We also drove into the Eastern Time Zone, so there is very much light out at 10:00 at night. Kind of weird. Ontonagon is located on the eastern shore of Lake Superior just to the north of Duluth, Minnesota. We drove through the forested area of Minnesota to the City of Duluth. Duluth is on the southwestern end of Lake Superior and has 86,000 residents. It is about the same size as the City of Rocklin, but it is spread out much more. The metropolitan area is larger with other towns in the area adding another 50,000 people. We then drove in an easterly direction through Wisconsin on Highway 2. We drove all the way across the northern top of Wisconsin below Lake Superior until we arrive at Michigan. We then drove north into what is called the "Upper Peninsula" of Michigan. Lots of forests, lakes and wetlands. Three deer ran across in front of us on the drive, but we had plenty of time to slow down.

The RV site is very nice with very few people there. We counted four trailers including us. We drove into town to look around. The town of Ontonagon is very nice with lots of very nice homes. The Ontonagon River is running very muddy right now due to all the rain they have had and the red dirt in the area washes into the river. The river then runs out into Lake Superior and muddies lake water along the coast. It is not too appealing. I can't see fishing in the muddy water. Tomorrow, we drive the Keweenaw Peninsula to Copper Harbor.

On June 13, 2020, we took a drive to the Keweenah Peninsula to visit Eagle Harbor and Copper Harbor. The roads were wide and in good condition. There were mostly trees lining both sides of the road with occasional meadows, fields, or lakes to see. Our first stop was in the small town of Hancock. We needed to get the oil changed on the truck. I had the oil and the filter. We found a small, well-organized, home-owned business that changed the oil in about 20 minutes. They did a great job for $30. In the same unit was a spray car wash, so Lisa and I washed the truck. This takes about 30 minutes when we work together. After washing the truck, we noticed that there was a WalMart right across the road, so we stopped to by some batteries that we needed. Then we were back on our way north. We next reached the coast and stopped at Eagle Falls on the Eagle River near Eagle Harbor. The falls was very pretty and it was right next to the road. The drop was only about 25 feet and the water flow was not high, but water falls are always fun to see. We continued on to Eagle Harbor were we stopped to see the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse. It is maintained as a museum now and was closed for the Corona virus. We walked around the facilities and took lots of photos. The harbor at Eagle Harbor and the town is quite quaint. We enjoyed seeing the town. We then drove to Jacobs Falls about halfway to Copper Harbor. This waterfall is about half the size of Eagle Falls and a little less on the fall distance. The best thing about Jacob Falls is that it located about 100 feet from a bakery called the Jam Pot. This bakery is run by monks of the St. Johns order and the do all the baking. Mostly muffins, cookies, and jams/jellies. The pastries are totally excellent. This is a "must-stop" location if traveling the Keneewah Peninsula. We then drove further down the road to a road on the right called "Brockway Mountain Drive." We took this road and it led us up the mountain to a parking lot where you have and awesome view of Lake Superior and a lake to the south of the peak. This was a great place to take photos. We then continued to the north on Brockway Mountain Drive and we came to a scenic turnout and overlook of the entire Copper Harbor area. We stopped and took many photos from this perch above the town and harbor. We then drove down and turned on Highway 41 into town. We continued through town and were soon on a road towards the tip of the peninsula. We came to a place with several signs stating that this was the northern end of Highway 41. This road travels from this point for 2,000 miles to southern Florida. This was kind of neat in that we were on the very end of such a famous road. We turned around and headed back to Copper Harbor since we could go no further on paved road (and we had just washed the truck!!). We went into town to look for a hike. We talked to a lady who pointed us to the Harbor Point Trail. If you go to the marina on the southern end of town, you can start the hike there. It goes around the bay and out onto the "spit" or "jetty" going out into the bay. Part of this trail was (about 100 feet) washed out and we had to circumnavigate it through the swamp. It was exciting and would no stop us from making the hike, even if we knew it was there. The total distance hiked was about three miles. When we got back to our truck, it was time to head home. Luckily, it does not get dark until about 10:30 in the evening at these latitude. When we arrived back at Hancock, we stopped at the closed-down Quinby Copper Mine Museum just north of town. It was fun and also sad to walk around the site. There was no one there at it was wide open for us to drive around inside the entire complex. It is sad that this one highly active industrial complex has been allowed to fall apart. We took lots of photos so check out the photo gallery. We then headed home (about an hours drive) after a short stop at "Mickey-Ds." This was a fun day with a lot to do.

On June 14, 2020, we decided to drive to the Porcupine Mountain Wilderness Area to hike on the Summit Peak Trail. This is a five mile trail that takes you up to a really cool lookout tower and then on a trail that goes by Mirror Lake. The drive to the parking lot was really cool in that the beautiful green trees were on both sides of the "nearly single lane road" and it was like driving through a tunnel at times. The drive there was not long (15 miles) and very pretty. We began the hike and found that the park service had installed stairs and wooden walking trails in several areas.