July 22-25
Menomonie, WI
Duluth, MN
My cousin Murphy
rolled out the luscious, soft, velvety green carpet for me. The kind of grass that feels great on your belly after it has been tickling your toes as you romp and race faster than the wind chasing a fribee or a ball. Murph is eleven so he can't keep up with me, but he graciously let his masters toss the ball and fribee for me until my tongue was licking my toes. Ahhh.....life is good!
Now while I was playing, Momma and Dad were down in the raspberry patch with Missy loading up a bucket or two.
Missy knows how to find the best berries hiding under the leaves. I thought she was playing hide and seek! Can you locate her?
Missy has a very green thumb that I'm sure gets brown while planting her gardens...both flower and vegetable.
There was only one rule I had to follow while visiting. NO running in the garden. But with all that land I had no problem getting up to full speed.
Don and Missy asked if we had been to Duluth. Well, guess what. We departed Menomonie and headed north answering the call to visit Lake Superior and camp by the water's edge in the Marina/RV Park
where you can see the Aerial Lift Bridge right from our site. What a marvel. It's an elevating two lane roadway that lifts 135 feet to accommodate the HUGE cargo ships needing to pass through on their way to Duluth or Superior ports.
The bridge spans 390 feet across the canal and only has a clearance of 15 feet under it when in the lower position for pedestrians to walk across or vehicles to drive across.
This vessel was carrying 68,000 tons of iron pellets.
The bridge uses a system of pulley's and counter weights to raise and lower, all electrically powered. Each concrete counter weight weighs 450 tons.
Can you make out the concrete 'block' in the vertical framework that changes position as the roadway is raised and lowered? Fascinating and impressive for sure!!
Duluth is sure a hilly city as you leave the waterfront area that is crowded with buildings that fill every tourist's need or desire.
Okay Dad, get out the glue. We need to add another gemstone to my map of states visited.
I'm Chloe
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