FROM Y’ALL TO EH!!! Day 6 May 30, 2010 Silver City, MI to Copper Harbor, MI

We headed out this morning with Copper Harbor as our destination, which is at the very top of the Keweenaw Peninsula. It is the most northern place in Michigan and is part of what is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula. We also found out that there is a great rivalry between the Upper Peninsula and the lower section which is anything below the Mackinac Bridge. The residents of the Upper Peninsula call the other people Trolls, they who live below the bridge.

On our way to Copper Harbor we detoured off of Hwy 41 and took Hwy 203 which ran along the coast. We did this for both the scenery and to be able to stop at McLain State Park. We wanted to hike out to one of the many lighthouses that were in the area. So we had lunch down near the water and before we started the hike I had to dip my toes in the water. It was cold. We could still see ice out on the lake.

After my dip, as planned we were going to go hiking. It was a good plan until I couldn’t get Kathy off the swings. She bet some kid she could get higher than he could. She did pretty good, she came in second.

I finally dragged her off the swings and we headed out. It was a nice hike and we got a few pictures of the trail, the lighthouse and the beach.

Once we got back to the truck we headed out for Copper Harbor and Fort Wilkins Historic State Park where we planned to camp for the night. Once we got checked in we decided to bike over to a Lighthouse Viewing area to have a look at the Lighthouse which is now private property.

We left the lighthouse and headed to Fort Wilkins which is right next to the campground. It was built in 1844 to supposedly protect the copper prospectors from the Native American Indians. It is the last remaining original fort east of the Mississippi River. We had a look around, took a few pictures and headed back to campsite for supper. It was a good day.