August 26, 2013 Oconto, Wisconsin

Due to the extreme heat in Ashland projected for the next several days, we decided to forego plans for hiking, biking and kayaking in the area and head back down toward Lake Michigan. Before leaving Ashland, Bill checked the pressure on the tow dolly tires since he knows it is important to always check your tire pressure.  The NEW valve stems just replaced in Bessemer several days ago were leaking because of bad cores, so we had to make a quick run to NAPA to get the materials to replace those.  Sometimes things that seem to have been fixed are not really fixed and things do not always go as planned.  We finally pulled out of Ashland an hour behind schedule and headed to Oconto, Wisconsin about 30 miles north of Green Bay.  We have not driven on an interstate since we entered the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and today was no exception.  We enjoyed the drive through quaint small towns, farmland with silos, and even Indian Reservations.  Today we drove through the Bad River Indian Reservation and the Menominee Indian Reservation. We noticed that there is no cell phone coverage in the reservation territory.   As we drove by farms we noticed wood had already begun to be stacked high in preparation for the coming winter.  On this very hot day, it was hard to picture what the countryside would look like covered with snow.  We were told that some areas of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan can get over 200 inches of snow a year.  No thank you!!

 

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