U. P. Trip - Fall 2010 - Day #9

This was the day Marissa had been dreading would occur - the migraine from hell, requiring many hours in a darkened room and even after some improvement further gentle rest.  Previous migraines had been warded off, but this one was out of control.

Fortuitously we had built in a "spare" day in this phase of the trip in our planning two months ago so nothing was lost.  It was a good day to refill the van, replenish the wallets, and clean several pounds of bugs off the windshield.  After taking Zoe for a good long walk, John left the two of them in darkened peace and went across the river and up the hill to the Quincy Mine to take the above ground tour, primarily of the largest steam powered winch ever built - interesting to an old engineer, but not something seriously missed by a librarian!  The underground tour option was passed up on the grounds of "been there, done that, and bought the T-shirt" many years ago.

After getting lunch for all to eat in the room and then some relaxation time a second burst of energy resulted in a grampa/granddog excursion down to the waterside on the Houghton side of the channel and then a very, very long walk all along.  It is all very pretty down there, especially at this time of year, and (sadly for Marissa) was the absolutely most pleasant day of weather with sunny, balmy light breezes that we have had so far.  Even so, Zoe has rarely shown more enthusiasm for getting into the van and settling down in her bed between the front seats, so obviously she was well exercised.

A few pictures were taken from either side of the channel as well as at the mine and they may be found, as usual, at the end of the Flickr set located here.