We only had to drive about 130 miles to get to the Fayette Historic State Park. It threatened to rain most of the way. I had made online reservations so I expected the check in process to be a snap. Well, the young girl did not know very much--probably cheap summer help. I got the impression that I needed to keep pumping questions to her. I finally found out (after she made a confirming phone call) that our reserved site- nor any of the sites- had water. It's was starting to sprinkle and we had to fill the water holding tank. I had asked where that could be done so I wasn't in too much hot water. OK, so now it's raining harder! JB got the rig in it's place and power hooked up! Guess what...no cell phone service and no computer service. There sure were alot of trees around. The next problem will be no satellite signal. That really would be the frosting on the cake. Keep in mind that it is POURING outside.
See the puddles! The satellite tried and tried but could not get a signal. Finally when the rain let up a little, JB tried again and a miracle occurred. We had TV. We will make it now. In hindsight, the website described the campground as "semi-modern". For future reference that must mean no water and sewer.
We did not do any touring on Friday, as it continued to rain. JB spent his spare time tormenting the seagulls, who spent their time tormenting JB by landing on the roof! I wonder what the neighbors thought! We had the beef and potato pastie for dinner. The ingredients included the dreaded "onion" word but somehow JB suggested we buy more if we ran into them in our travels. We sampled a bottle of wine from the old school house that I spoke about in an earlier post. It was called "Homework" and was a sweet pinot noir. Wow, was it good!. Will have to remember to ask Carpenters to bring some back to AZ.
Saturday we toured the historic town of Fayette. It is a village that was started in the mid-1800's and very well preserved, as you can see by some of these photos.
Saturday we toured the historic town of Fayette. It is a village that was started in the mid-1800's and very well preserved, as you can see by some of these photos.
Every building was open and each appointed with examples of related furnishings from the era.
We stopped at the gift shop so JB could buy a memento. The set up of this town site was done to make you feel that you could actually imagine living within the compound. Fayette was once one of the Upper Peninsula's most productive iron-smelting operations. It grew up around two blast furnaces, a large dock and several charcoal kilns after the Civil War. The operations closed in 1891. This was a very good stop and most interesting.
We drove down to the end of this little peninsula to a town called Fairport.
Not much to see except some old, beached boats.
There were really 3 deer here in the park looking at us.
JB was in charge of determining where we will stop tomorrow. Remember, there's no computer to consult for RV parks or Mapquest instructions. Hope he makes a good decision!!!
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