Summer Vacation: Day 6

We had a light breakfast and Michelle and I had to do a quick shopping trip. We returned and had baked ravioli, salad and garlic toast. A very good meal to hold us on our road trip.

Our stop was the Fayette Historic Townsite.

This was a mining town that was abandoned. The State of Michigan bought the site and turned it into a State Park. Some of the buildings have been restored and others have not. Some work has been done to some so they can remain standing.

The Smelting building.

Slag is a waste product of the smelting process.

Michelle has been finding a lot of slag on our trip. It is called many things and is in demand by rock hunters and jewelry makers.

We returned to the house and had sandwiches before departing for Escanaba. We found a spot to fish, I spotted small beach for Michelle to look for rocks. We caught a couple fish, nothing to really talk about. Michelle and Kayla found a lot of slag on this beach. This beach is located across the bay from Fayette. This entire area was founded on the Iron Ore trade as well as timber.

We left Escanaba as the sun set and went back to the house. We put in a movie and had a snack before retiring for the day.

Tomorrow is predicted to be rainy. Jay Jay and Kayla will be heading back home. We are thinking it will be a good day to slow down and rest!

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