We then drove about four miles to the Upper Falls. We had a delicious lunch at the brewery and then walked about 1/2 mile to see the beautiful Upper Falls. Tanic acid causes the water to look brown!
We left the Park and were on our way to the campground. About 10 miles out Ted said I think the RV isn't tracking right again. I looked down my side but couldn't see what he was talking about (thinking he's crazy)! Then he said he could see black rubber in back of us but not in front of us so we pulled right over into an industrial park and found a place to park so we could check it out. Sure enough, we had a broken leaf spring on the 3rd axle! It was the opposite side that we normally have problems with.
We called Good Sam and they sent someone out. They took off the tire and took the spring with them and we spent the night there in the parking lot! You know how we love parking lot camping! Our friends went on to the campground and actually came back and got us to go to dinner with the group! After dinner we drove to Da Yoopers Tourist Trap! What fun. They had the funniest things outside and a million things inside!
Our friends took us back to the parking lot and the next morning the repair shop called us 15 minutes after they opened, and we took off to go pick up the leaf spring about two hours away round trip. We got that one and an extra one and drove back. The repair shop was there within a half hour but because we weren't in the shop they had a lot of trouble getting the new one on. Our RV is very heavy and their jacks weren't able to lift us up enough. The finally took off the middle tire and were finally able to get it on. We decided to change the leaf spring on the other side and drove to their shop and got it done quickly. We arrived at our Ispeming campground around 7:00 p.m. very tired!
On Wednesday morning we got up to get ready to move on to the next stop with the group. It started raining with lots of thunder. We got on the road about 9:00. At times it rained so hard you could not see 10 feet in front of you. There was tons of thunder and lightning right above us. We all made it safe and sound and are now at Lake Linden. We have a great campsite looking right at the lake. This is our view:
A group of us went to dinner last night. I had great barbecued ribs! This morning one of the couples made blueberry pancakes for us. We all contributed a dish. Ted and I brought sweet cream pancake batter that they cooked up also. We all sat right out by the lake, the sun was shinning and it was high 60's, beautiful! There was actually a swimmer in the lake (brrrrr)!
After breakfast Ted and I went sightseeing up the peninsula (it's like an island connected by a bridge) surrounded by Lake Superior. We went to Copper Harbor and looked around the town and went to Fort Wilkens. The Fort was established in 1844 to protect prospectors from Native Americans. It is the last remaining original wooden fort east of the Mississippi River. They have 19 buildings that you can look at and volunteers in period costume. There were lots of kids visiting the park and the girls got the visitors dancing and they were all having a lot of fun. The Fort is right next to Lake Fanny Hooe!
We took a different road back and saw Jacob's waterfall and had lunch at the town of Eagle River. We had a good late lunch and I've been working on pictures and this blog ever since!
We leave here on Saturday for the next leg of our adventure!
Enjoying the Keweenaw Peninsula..."Ain't Life Grand!"
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