Our Time in Houghton -- Part I....

In Houghton:  High today 65, low 50   Currently 62     Scattered thunderstorms next 3 days...

Where we are......

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We are in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, on the Keweenaw Peninsula. A canal, listed on some maps as the Portage River, dissects the Keweenaw Peninsula. There is only one way across this body of water, and that is over the Lift Bridge from Houghton into Hancock on US 41.

We have spent our time here enjoying the City of Houghton RV Park, built right on the canal with tremendous views, and taking several side trips throughout the Keneewah Peninsula, but in no way have we "seen it all!" Houghton, MI goes into our files as a "place to return"...!

The RV Park is nice.....

Our site from the road--see the covered picnic area?

Our site looking toward the road

Looking west toward's neighbor's picnic area--sun set....

Sunset....

We saw a seaplane land--well, we didn't "see" it land...! Lindy had just stepped inside the motorhome, then back out again, as she heard something unusual, and saw something out the corner of her eye...! By that time, the seaplane had already landed on the water and had moved on towards the bridge. For a time, we thought it was going to take off again, to the west as that would have been into the wind, but several boats were coming, so the seaplane turned around and dashed under the Lift Bridge.

Yellow seaplane by the city park....

Yellow seaplane zipping under the bridge

The Keweenaw National Historic Park seems to be every where in the Peninsula! We started out thinking just one town, Calumet. But on our drives here and there around and through the area, we discovered that the area is called Copper Country, and that copper mining and related activity is everywhere throughout the area! It is really all one large historic area!

Stay tuned for more about our time here, in Part 2!

SWIRVIN around, enjoying Houghton and the Keweenaw Peninsula!