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Bayfield Arts Festival
The middle weekend of July is Bayfield’s Annual Festival of the Arts & Gallery Tour. In 2019 this will be the 57th annual celebration (July 20 – 21). The arts and crafts portion of the […]
Articles by C. Ross Reinhold
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Rock Hound – Spring Agate Hunting Trip
Agate Hunting and Rock Picking in the Michigan Upper Peninsula In early May we headed up to Lake Superior’s south shore near Ironwood, Michigan to get an early start on searching for agates on some […]
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Duluth Christmas Lights | Bentleyville
Visiting Bentleyville Tour of Lights Christmas Display Every year Duluth volunteers take over Bayfront Park to create a Christmas Village of 5 million lights. Besides displays of Santa, Reindeer, the Nativity, and other icons of […]
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Pickwick Restaurant | Duluth
Thanksgiving Dinner at the Pickwick Restaurant – Restaurant Review The Pickwick Restaurant & Pub has been a Duluth landmark since 1914 at the same location next door to the historic Fitgers Brewery complex. The Pickwick […]
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Fall Color Lake Superior Circle Tour
Lake Superior Fall Color Scenic Drives If you are considering doing the Circle Route around Lake Superior in the fall and want to have the best chance of catching good fall color, here’s my recommendations […]
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Tahquamenon Falls Video
Here’s a video (see below, scroll down) we put together from Jo’s family visit to Tahquamenon Falls near Paradise, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula. The falls is located in Tahquamenon Falls State Park along the […]
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Flood Damage Ashland, WI to Houghton, MI
Flood Damage & Road Closures Lake Superior Circle Tour Heavy rains damaged roads and bridges from Superior, Wisconsin to Houghton, Michigan on Sunday, June 17th. Circle Tour travelers will encounter single lane traffic on Highway […]
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Apostle Island Sea Caves
Visiting the Apostle Islands Sea Caves In 2016 we chartered a boat ride with Captain Mike out of Cornucopia for an Apostle Islands Sea Caves and Sunset Tour. We had previously taken a similar […]
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Pictured Rocks Boat Cruise
The Pictured Rocks of Pictured Rocks National Park In September of 2016 Jo and Donna took the Pictured Rocks Cruise on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. We had taken the Sunset Pictured Rocks Cruise a […]
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Grandma’s Marathon Race Festival
Grandma’s Marathon Photos – 2017 Race & Festival Saturday, June 17, 2017 It was a beautiful day for the 41st running of Grandma’s Marathon. 6444 racers competed in the full marathon (26.2 miles) and 7337 […]