Sat 25 Jul

Had a very nice week up at the North Shore. Felt safer there than in Point. Nearly every business required masks and nearly everyone complied without obvious complaints. Coming through Minocqua was another story altogether. We stopped at Charlie's for ice cream on the drive back and were the only people, staff or customers, with masks. I heard some sotto voce comments and we got some "looks" for wearing our masks. We took our ice cream to the nearby boat landing and parked in the shade where we didn't have to be near the others while eating. It was great to have cooler temperatures for a break in Grand Marais. Bob had to dig around to find the extra quilt for the bed the second night as we had been quite chilly the previous night. I slept with my wool socks on! The days were pretty comfortable in long sleeves/long pants with shorts weather on the last day. Grand Marais had been having a hotter than usual spell as well, so they were also relieved by the cooler weather. We had rain on Tuesday as predicted so we got Northport pasties and ate them in the room in the evening, but the other nights we were able to sit outside on patios. The last day was warmer, especially on the Gunflint Trail where we went for the day, and sitting on the patio outside the lodge was a perfect punctuation to the trip. Food: 8:50 am Cherry danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee 1:15 pm Chobani Less Sugar wild blueberry, caramel croissant 6:05 pm Ramen noodle slaw Exercise: 7:50-8:35 am Walk to Farmer's Market