We awoke to rain, and it rained most of the day. Also cool at 56° all day. A good day for a museum and as it turns out that's what we had planned. The Michigan Iron Ore Museum in Negaunee. It was interesting. A very interesting statistic is how much the Iron Industry was worth, $47 Billion. More than the California gold rush ($995 million), MI's timber industry ($4.4 billion) or MI's copper industry ($9.6 million).
Then on to Marquette. I say home of NMU, Northern Michigan University, because my brother went there for a couple of years. Visiting NMU was my first taste of going away to college, I was an impressible junior high schooler. I loved visiting the campus. I did not recognize anything. The one standout building has been turned into an VRBO (the same franchise as we're staying in).
We drove through Presque Isle Park and stopped to view Black Rocks and a few beaches. But we parked and watch a ship being loaded with taconite pellets. View the video and pictures attached.
https://www.flickr.com/gp/8663407@N07/m3MDSt1SDV
We cancelled the rest of our visits to Mt. Marquette, Sugarloaf Mt and Lakenenland Sculpture park due to rain and mud.
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