Flip Flopping on the UP

Flip Flopping on the UP

We have lots of unfinished business to handle on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP). We haven’t finished the south shore of the Lake Superior Circle Tour and we skipped the section of US-2 along Lake Michigan’s north shore between Duluth and St. Ignace. We definitely had some catching up to do before we could continue on our Great Northern journey.

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A Superior Detour

A Superior Detour

We are en route around Lake Superior on the Lake Superior Circle Tour. According to Wikipedia, “Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes of North America, and among freshwater lakes, it is the world's largest by surface area and the third-largest by volume. It holds 10% of the world's surface fresh water.” Pretty impressive, huh? The Ojibwe people call Lake Superior Gichigamiin which does indeed translate to big sea or big water.

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