At 6 this morning the rain was coming down pretty good. Mom peeked her head out. With the low rain clouds and the heavy fog it was pretty much pea soup. If course we got up and onto the water...after we rolled back into our sleeping bags for another hour or so. It took a lot of coffee and chocolate but we eventually packed up and headed into Baraga for our mail drop. The walk was not terribly far but it was not insignificant either. After carting our next few weeks of food back to the kayak we had worked up a bit of an appetite. The Ojibwa BP had pop, chips, and dollar cheeseburgers. It was a lunch fit for queens.
All of our new food did fit in the boat and we did start our trek up the beautiful Keweenaw Peninsula. Copper Country through and through. We paddled along stunning black sand beaches and towering salmon colored sandstone cliffs. Lake Superior was playing nice and we were able to hammer out 16.5 miles even with our late start. We set up camp on a beach just north of the Portage River lower entry near the town of Jacobsville. According to the locals, the salmon colored Jacobsville Sandstone has benn used in many building around the country. Many of the local churches, prominant buildings in Ohio and New York all showcase this local treasure...who knew?
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