We were promised a hot day, and that's what we got: 32 degrees, with a humidex of 43! Maybe we were close to the three states of matter today ...
After this Breakfast of Champions (Tomas, not René & me), we drove from Marquette, MI, to Duluth, MN, without the benefit of a Starbucks caffe latte. We did, however, see multiple blueberry and wild rice stands, fireworks vendors and casinos.
And
for a second day in a row
we saw
Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) foraging on the side of the road !!!!!!!!!!!!
I had to check on
birds-of-north-america.net
to be sure that's what they really were. That's where this photo came from because I didn't have time to capture them with my camera.
The Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland, WI, (source: http://nglvc.org), was a welcome stop on such a hot day. Among other things, I learned that the Mystery Flowering Plant seen yesterday along Lake Superior in Marquette, MI, is Common Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca), a larval food source for monarch butterflies, and it can grow as high as 6 feet.
Picture taken from the Blatnik Bridge, crossing from Superior, WI, to Duluth, MN. Known as High Bridge, it measures 7,975 feet long and 120 feet high. The ship seen navigating belongs to the Canadian Shipping Line.
After wandering around some seriously derelict sections of downtown Duluth, we finally found a hotel room with functioning a.c., and a close by source of entertainment.
Plans for the next couple of days:
Tuesday, July 22 is a day off from driving. Who knows what we will discover in Duluth ...
Wednesday, July 23: Duluth - International Falls - Manitoba
Thursday, July 24: final destination Regina, SK.
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