Made it to the Upper Peninsula on Monday afternoon. Checked out the south shore-a little. Escanaba, Gladstone and a few other little places, and while some of the places were nice, we decided to try the north shore instead and are so glad we did. The Lake Superior shore is beautiful. We tried Munesing-no decent rooms available, so we went to Marquette, which really is a cute little town. I think if we went way over to the east side as several people have suggested, we’d really like it a lot, but I think we are both kind of getting ready to wrap it up. We have a few more things to see and a few more people we want to visit, but home is starting to sound really good.

We did the usual exploring around Marquette and went to a great little restaurant called Vierling’s, which specialized in local whitefish. And we had it. Lots of it. Smoked whitefish served with a dill and caper spread with toast points. Also grilled whitefish covered with crab and breadcrumbs-strange looking-see photo below. Kind of like a giant crab-cake riding piggyback on a fish filet. Heavy, but delicious.

We found a decent price on a Radisson in Duluth and jumped on it for a couple of days, after which we are heading to Minnesota to visit our friend Steve for a few days where I will get to cook again! So excited to go to a grocery store and buy real food again, not just snacks and all manner of beverages.

On the road to Duluth we made a quick stop for a snack. Although, my friend, Geri doesn’t like them and thinks they are too heavy, after seeing countless signs advertising Pasties, I had to try one. No, this is not some sleazy stripper apparel, it is something you eat. And it’s yummy, but heavy (Geri was right). We shared one on the road. It is a piecrust circle filled with ground beef, onions and potatoes then folded over and the edge crimped and then baked. Good stuff.