Friday, June 22, 2007 epilogue: We pull up at the Lodges sandy beach. We unload the canoe, and load up the car. we enter the bunkhouse. We each eat a bit, and take well needed showers. We go into Ely for dinner. This day is now much like the day we drove up. We decide that we will eat at the Ely steakhouse. We get to watch ESPN while there, catching up on the sports news. Phil gets the Walleye Parmesan, and I get the 10 oz rib eye. I devour my meal, it is soooooo much better than freeze dried. Once we return to the lodge it's not long, before both of us doze off, for our well needed sleep. The next morning we tell Phil the guy with all the info about North Wilder, which he hadn't been to. We decide, to take hwy 1 to hwy 61. Highway one is not so great, in one area, since there is 4 miles, of flagged construction. However Highway 61 is well hwy 61. It's a great drive into Duluth with many Kodak moments. Than once through Duluth it's down hwy 53 back home. The drive is fine until Chicago. While last year was fine, we know better. Since Phil was originally from Chicago, it's one thing he sure doesn't miss. After 20 mph through Chicago we get back home by 10:00.