Ely to Bayfeild on Sunday

The instructions from my coffee water heater company were to unscrew the base and take a picture.  I am not sure why.  But I did that.

Anyway, I guess I am getting a new one next week.

Morning breakfast

Argh, I still tested positive.  But I guess after 6 days I am no longer contagious. I hope.

We left the house around 9:30am, just after Jay left for church.  

We saw this buck just as we were leaving.  

We headed towards Duluth, first.  We went the scenic route.  

This area had been burned with the Greenwood Lake fire just this May. 

After Duluth we crossed into Wisconsin.

We entered Superior where we had lunch

I had a cheeseburger and Jeanne had 1/2 sandwich and soup.

Note  the sign.  Quite the combination of items.

Lake Superior.  We were having a little rain. Note the muddy looking water.

We decided to check Twin Falls, Port Wing, WI

I went behind the falls.  I guess in the spring it is more impressive.

Fun walk.  We had to cross the stream several times, which was a challenge.  It was only about a 1/2 mile walk total.

Whee.  Jeanne was having fun driving.

Family of turkeys crossing the road

Lost Creek Falls, Cornucopia, WI

A much more impressive falls.  It was worth the 3 mile walk.

WOW!! Stunning

Apostle Island Campgrounds. These are fun cabins for camping.  I guess there is also a covered wagon.    

We stopped to take pictures then headed to our place.

We arrived at Lucy's Place, our AirBnB

Apollo greeted us

Our room

Cute little room 

Jeanne is checking out the tub.  We did not realize that there was no shower.

Once we unloaded our stuff we went to buy wine.  We brought it back to the room.  Then we walked to dinner 

Austin Miller is quite the artist

View of the lake from the restaurant

Delicious house salad with a maple vinaigrette.

I had a Tempranillo

Jeanne's shrimp Fettuccine Alfredo

My steak, carrots, and garlic mashed potatoes.

Fun to watch the lights coming on.

A cool looking inn all lit up

Ahh.  Relaxing with our wine and our computers.

Saturday in Ely

Argh!! my little travel water heater died.  I have only used it 4 times.  I tried to contact Amazon about doing a return.  But I have passed the date that I could do that.  They gave me the link to contact the seller.  Hopefully, I will get a refund.  I am very disappointed.  Luckily, there are plenty of ways to heat water at Jeanne's.  

Jay made pancakes for us this morning for breakfast.  Yummy. Topped with bananas and blueberries.

We went into town to do some dinking.  Fun poking around in the various shops.  Some stores are closed now for the winter.  

Those were some tall sunflowers

Now there's is a necklace.  Don't mess with me!!

This was a miniature model canoe - about a foot long.

Main Street.  Almost like walking up State Street.  ;-) NOT.

Nancy Scheibe, artist: Seasons of Splendor

Jeanne took me to see where their new mailbox is located.  It kept getting knocked over when it was beside the highway.  This is a side road. It is not really the correct place for their box but the postal carrier okayed it, as long as it was the one on this end.

Great colors near the mailboxes.

We got home in time for lunch. 

 Jay said that the battery did charge so we could go out in the pontoon. It started right up.  Unfortunately, it was a much chillier day today than it was yesterday..  But the colors were spectacular.  We had a great time.

We had brought hot cider. I think that it should have had some fireball whisky in it.  That would have helped to warm us up. 

We got back and Jay had a neighbor, Kevin, come help him take the boat out of the water and load it on a trailer.  It was time to store it for the winter.  Kevin's wife, JoJo, dropped Kevin off and then gave Jeanne and me a ride home while he stayed to help Jay.  Once he got it home we helped to put the cover back on.  It is quote the job.

Once the boat was taken care of, Jay came in to cook the steaks.  Jeanne did the baked potatoes and broccoli.  It was a delicious meal.

We watched 3 episodes of Only Murders in the Building.  That was fun.  I will have to sign up for a free month trial of Hulu so that I can watch it.  

Friday in Ely

 

My coffee station.  It works pretty well.

View from the deck.

We had cereal with blueberries for breakfast.  

Deer eating the left-over bean plants.

We went on a nice walk. We checked out the trail that Jay has been working on.  It is very nice.  He has done a lot of work.

It is a constant job

We went into town to run a few errand and then it was time for lunch.

Jay had offered to take us out on the pontoon.  So we went down to get it ready to take out.  It is quite the process.  I wish I had taken a picture of it all covered.

The metal pieces that help hold the tarp up are from their old satellite dish.  How creative is that!?

We got it all set and ready then .... DEAD BATTERY!!! argh.  Jay got the battery out to take up to the house to charge it.  We just enjoyed our Smirnoff and the ambiance.

Maybe we will try again tomorrow. 

Jay was taking the canoe back up to the house to put away for the winter.

Jay went back to work clearing brush. We relaxed.  Jeanne was able to get some  work done.

Jeanne fixed dinner.  

Chicken Alfredo and home grown beans.

What a nice day, sunny and warm, a perfect fall day.