There was road construction on the bridges in Duluth but we managed to get through without any problems. It was nice to drive along the shore of Lake Superior, it really is a "great lake." Mike had found us an RV park on the water in Ontonagon, MI about halfway between Int'l. Falls, MN and the Mackinaw Bridge where we wanted to stay before going to Big Rapids. The park was in the Ontonagon River and we could see it from where we parked the rig. The guy who checked us in gave us our option of any of the empty sites and there were a lot! We picked one we thought would be the best for satellite strength and have some evening shade. Usually, if we have a clear shot of the SE sky then we can get the satellites. Now that we are so far east we need the SW sky. Dang. Didn't figure that out until the dish finally stopped spinning. We had parked on the east side of a tree so we could have evening shade on the coach. However, the dish pointed right through some of the outer branches but was able to pick up the satellites. Whew! Sunday is a big DVR night with shows like Weeds, True Blood, Episodes and Big Brother. Got 'em all!!
Sunday, July 16. I started doing laundry yesterday because our dirty sheets were piling up. We bought a new set of sheets when we were in Bottineau, ND at the Walmart. The flannel sheets on the bed were beginning to be a little too warm at night so we bought some percale sheets and they needed to be washed before being put on the bed. The dryer at the park took $1.25 to start and after about 35 minutes the sheets were dry and I took the sheets out. The morning I changed the sheets on the bed and decided to wash the other two sets of flannel sheets. I can wash a set of sheets in the washer in the coach. When the first set finished I took them out and started the second set with the idea of drying the two sets together in the dryer at the park. It is a big dryer and should be able to handle the two sets of sheets easily enough. I took both sets over to the laundry room, put them in the dryer I used yesterday and then pressed start. Wow, the dryer started right up! Cool beans! I guess that means the dryer remembered I didn't use all the time up yesterday. As I was leaving the laundry room I ran into the guy who checked us in yesterday. I asked how much time we got for the $1.25 and he said about 45 minutes but the machines had a mind of their own sometimes and just keep running. :) I went back to the coach and started washing all of our dirty clothes plus towels!! I had that dryer running for about 3 hours on my original investment of $1.25, yep, I was a happy guy!
After showers and lunch we drove into "town" to see what it was like. Not much here, it is kind of off the beaten path. There was a pretty large shoreline campground which we walked around and gave Jenny some exercise. The sand on the "beach" is kind of brownish but not bad.
These were two separate pictures I had Mike put them together to give you an idea of the beach.
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