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Peninsula

Hero in the UP-Upper Penninsula Michigan

 A tree started to fall across the walkway.  Case held up the tree while I walked safely under.  : )

 Here is another magnificent waterfall on a beautiful fall day.

The best part of this falls is that you can feel the mist. 

 I thank God for this day in His wonderful world. 

Rapids and Locks

Part of the rapids on the St. Mary River that divides Canada and Michigan.  These rapids are the reason for the Soo Locks.  The International Bridge is in the background.  We hiked out on an island that extends into the rapids on the Canadian side to obtain this photo.

Standing on the Canadian Lock which is only used for pleasure crafts. 

Upon leaving Canada, I put away my wealth of Gordon Lightfoot tapes and CDs.  We had been listening to them most of the trip.

Goosed in Wawa, Ontario

This huge Canada Goose is one of the most photographed in the area.  The town is Wawa.  Didn't catch why...probably a native name.  I am posing like the goose.  Case puts up with a lot.

This is a quaint inn and famous restaurant run by a family from Austria.  Wonderful accommodations and great food.  Then I remembered... Austrian family.....hmmm....sound of music...

...so when I saw the gazebo outside our room, I leaped (hardly) around in it singing, "I am 60 going on 61...."  you get the idea.  Lake Superior in the background.

Ontario

 Ouimet Canyon at a north part of Lake Superior.  It is so huge that the camera can't truly convey it.  The geologists DON'T KNOW how it was formed.  There is a sign explaining the 2 theories. 

Jo with Winnie-the-Pooh in White River, Ontario, his hometown.  Before WWI a Canadian army lieutenant bought a female cub and named her after his hometown of Winnipeg.  When the Lieutenant went to war, he gave Winnie to the London Zoo.  A.A.Milne and his son Christopher Robin visited Winnie often.  She sparked the idea for Milne's fictional character of  the Winnie-the Pooh.  Case and I had a picnic lunch at Winnie's park - and I thought that Winnie was male, didn't you?

I Know People in High Places

I bumped into Pope Francis at a religious bookstore.  Couldn't resist.

This is Kakabeka Falls near Thunder Bay.  Oh, the noise!  It is wonderful!

Here I am adorning a very large chunk of amethyst.  Behind me is the open pit mine where they very carefully extract the purple gemstone for jewelry.  Whatever is not jewelry quality is used for other items.  And then what is leftover gets thrown into a pile for people like us to pick up and take home for $3 a pound.  The experience was worth it.  There are many mines like this north of Thunder Bay.  This one is the best.  This is my second visit to this mine AND it won't be my last.

I wore my Packers sweatshirt the entire trip.  It was definitely a conversation starter with strangers.