We have reservations for the night at one of my favorite places, the historic Naniboujou Lodge on the Lake Superior shore at Hovland. We travel up highway 61, and check in at the lodge. It is a treat just to be at Naniboujou, but it is also a treat to have a comfortable bathroom (with a tub for me to soak my aching joints, as well as the shower), and a sleep number bed.

The dining room at Naniboujou is a place of great beauty with its amazing paintings in the Cree Indian tradition.

After a fabulous dinner we watch the full moon rise over the lake, enjoy the sunset (probably made more vivid by the smoke from the burning wildfire in the BWCA), and retire for a good night’s sleep.

In the morning I am on the beach to enjoy the sunrise at my usual 6 o’clock. And it isn’t a disappointment, either.

We drove across the northern shore of Lake Superior in Canada on Highway 17, and crossed into Michigan at the Soo. Spent nights at Terrace Bay, Ontario and Mackinaw City, Michigan, and arrived home on September 13th to find fourteen foot sunflowers in the garden. They had rain back home in Michigan!