Have you ever seen the Lift Bridge raise and lower?
Visit one of our newest sponsors Gemignani's
Restaurant and see this massive structure go uuup and dooown.
(We also welcome another new Hancock based sponsor
QUINCYMINE.COM)
Friday, July 31
Paul W. Smith and the crew from WJR (in Detroit)
did their popular morning show today from the D&N tower in Hancock.
Through the window to Paul's left is a bird's-eye view of the Portage Lift
Bridge
(Tomorrow we'll be watching from the Houghton side
as the bridge raises)
Thursday, July 30
One active octogenarian who can be seen tooling around
the Keweenaw is Eldon Jones, formerly of Florida and Stanton, Mich., now
a full time Copper Country resident.
(...Eldon is pushing 90... agewise, not speed)
Wednesday, July 29
The Michigan House in Calumet, as seen from the corner
of 6th and Oak. This historic establishment recently reopened under new
management.
(One look at the sky shows that sunny weather has
returned to the Keweenaw)
Tuesday, July 28
Even an overcast, rainy day in the Keweenaw cannot
dampen the beauty of this special place. The Copper Harbor Lighthouse,
from the same vantage point as yesterday...
(...when it was a little dryer and sunnier)
Monday, July 27
Often requested: Lake Fanny Hooe as seen from
Brockway Ridge above Copper Harbor. The small dots on the lake are
a couple of canoes.
(By the way, we had thunderstorms and soaking rain
last night in the Keweenaw.)
Sunday, July 26
We bid a fond farewell to Jerry and Katie Goodell,
headed back home to Florida, having served the past 5 weeks as camp workers
here in the Copper Country. Can you tell they love pasties?
(NEWS FLASH! There's a summer clearance sale
on Pasty T-Shirts, coming in August in the GiftNook)
