Madeline Island in Lake Superior.....
On a lovely, sunny Monday..After a rainy, muggy weekend..
We loaded up and drove the 90 minutes to Lake Superior and Bayfield, WI.
Madeline Island is an island in Lake Superior. Now part of Ashland County, Wisconsin, it was long a spiritual center of the Lake Superior Chippewa. Although the largest of the Apostle Islands, it is not included in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. It is the only island in the Apostle Island chain open to commercial development and private ownership.The community of La Pointe, located on the western edge of the island and established by French colonists as a fur trading post, was one of the earliest European settlements in the area.[2] It has a population of 302, with a higher population during the summer tourist season.[3] The island can be accessed by ferry from nearby Bayfield. (Wiki-pi website)
On the Island I found my dream car!!Louisa found hers!!
The main goal of the day....the back side of the Island to clear water, sandy beach and agate hunting!!
Gram G made it too....
Some balanced "rock city" buildings
A sunken sandstone America map!!
Lagoon adjacent to the lake
Time to leave.....want a little "Chippewa" to read??
Agate treasures to take home.....
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Grandma G on to new adventures.....
Wondering what is happening here???
"NO, don't go..."
Check back soon to find out.....
This has been a good Madeline Island day in the life of Grandma G.
"Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who live in them." (Isaiah 42:10)
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