Motorcycle Trip Around Lake Superior (Part 3)

.........we spent the first night here, a place we nicknamed "The Lodge". Kathy has an aversion to rundown flophouses with attached filthy greasy spoons, so Neil decided we should stay here. The inside was much worse, so much so that Kathy refused to eat there and we retreated to somewhere safe. After much teasing and coaxing, we got her to stop there later for a nightcap. One look at the mangy bartender and the dirty conditions, and she wanted to leave. She was considering ordering a bottle of something (no glass, Please!), when she noticed that they use plastic glasses. She was safe!!. She ordered a drink. When it was half gone, Neil turned to me and asked that famous question "What's that fly doing in Kathy's drink?" I looked carefully and replied, "I think it is the backstroke!" I think she nearly died!! There was an actual dead fly in her drink, not in ours, but only hers, naturally.............

............with Kathy taking all the pictures it is hard to actually get into a pictures once in a while.........

........it gets pretty boring on the back................

.....this stretch takes the road about as close to the lake as you get on the whole trip.......

.........Neil and I have made this trip around five times and never actually stopped to look at the lake. We decided to stop and touch the water. ............

.............away from the bikes, we look like almost normal tourists.........

.........lots of historic landmarks around Grand Marais, Minnesota.........

.......Getting into Canada is pretty easy. No passport, birth certificate or note from your mother. You just have to promise you don't have any guns, alcohol, tobacco, or worthless American currency.........

............this is the cell phone moment in a parking lot in Thunder Bay when Jake called to tell us he heard on the radio that we were awarded "First Place" in the parade judging. Later we found out it was just the radio DJ's opinion that we were first place. Oh well. We won.(something) ....................