Day 2

 We woke up to rain this morning, not overly hard most of the time. Lawrie turned on the generator so that he could make coffee but the outlets did not power up. He had to go outside, partially undo the bra protecting the front of the bus from chips and reset the breaker. Of course, what he needed to access was right under the downspout for the rain gutter so he got pretty wet. 

By the time we set out at 9 am, the rain had pretty much stopped. We followed M-28 through the Upper Peninsula. For over 2 hours we drove through the Hiawatha State Forest. From Munising to Marquette we followed along Lake Superior. Being so overcast, it was a cold and raw looking view. The highway was a pleasure to drive with very little traffic. Lawrie is settling in to a 5 mph below speed limit travel. The bus handles beautifully between 60 and 65 mph. 

E stopped early afternoon in Ashland for fuel and the found a spot to park along Chequamegon Bay. A much needed nap after our late night left us feeling refreshed and ready to continue our journey to Cloquet. 

We had been dodging rain all day. The roads were wet and huge puddles in the fields but just light mist when we went through. Until we got close to Superior. First a thick fog rolled in followed by heavy rain when we got to Duluth. The rain eased the fog somewhat and shortly after we parked at Black Bear Casino, it stopped. Lawrie stays at the casino when we comes to the paper plant in Cloquet every year to work on their shutdown. We were the fifth RV to pull in and now there are several more vehicles overnighting in the parking lot with us.