Well, this trip has been full of surprises, and today was certainly one of them. Still licking our wounds over the loss of our dog and traveling partner, Mandy, we decided to take things easy today and stay put. We went into Duluth, which turned out to be a great decision.
To us west coasters, this whole "rust belt" is all new. Duluth, right at the tip of Lake Superior, is a major shipping port for the iron ore that has been mined near here for nearly 100 years. It's also a very beautiful place... in the summer anyway. So today we visited the Great Lakes Maritime Museum, then toured a 600-foot ore freighter and learned how the whole loading and unloading process for 14,000 tons of Taconite take place.
All-in-all, our time on the Great Lake Superior has been a real highlight of our trip. Tomorrow we head down into Wisconsin, en route to Chicago.
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| A Duluth landmark, this huge lift bridge lets a freighter through almost every hour. |
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| The waterfront area |
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| Deck of the freighter we toured |
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| Stacy at the helm |
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