MARQUETTE – Day 18

130 miles today.  When we start out the day, we always say, “nothing much today, nothing special, we won’t have anything to do after noon.  Never works out that way.  Beautiful sunrise to the east, but rain to the west and it did not let up till noon, so which way were we touring?  You guessed it. West 60 miles to the Ford Sawmill at Alberta, MI. Won’t bore you with a bunch of inside pictures except for this interesting sign explaining Kingsford Charcoal. Click on this one for a larger version. Searched out lunch at the Mt. Shasta cafe, where the owner treated us to free strawberry shortcake just because our Model A’s parked out front were a draw for more Model A’s,  you know Model A Food Club.  Then visited Michigamme, MI and got a guided tour through the museum and the firehouse,,,,, dig the steamer,,,, also had a AA firetruck under restoration, this truck had 971 miles on it.  Don Cole, look at that express bed. The ladies found the mercantile store and got their revenge,,,This town is right out of the 30’s, don’t you think???? Here’s a couple of weird snowplows, folks have made snow plows out of every type of vehicle you can think of. Tonight, we had a wine and cheese and chips and cracker party on the deck. The delicacy was smoked fish (salmon & Menominee) and curds from Wisconsin. But remember, what happens in Yooperland stays in Yooperland,,,, “show me the way to go home,”