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Way up on northern peninsula of Michigan, hoping Canada opens its border on 7/21 (nope!)
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So we turn south, and speed through 3 state lines (MI, MN, IL, IN ) lines to boondock at the RV Hall of Fame. Lots to see but we'll just show two.
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Carol checks out these new-fangled contraptions
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1937 Hunt Housecar -- quite futuristic looking. Small but has everything you need.
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1929 Weidman Housecar on a 1928 Stewart Truck chassis
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Look at all that glass! Gotta wonder how that worked on the roads in the 1930s.
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And dinner tonight was Carol's free-style Quesadillas and salad. Yummy!
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Housecars don't work so well on water, so ... houseboats
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Cruising through the lock
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A very interesting place to do your fishing -- seems a tad risky to me.
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Beware "The Drowning Machine" (from a sign nearby). These so-called lowhead dams create a backwash that can keep objects (and people) trapped underwater.
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Setting sun on Carol and our TD2 2021 Adventure
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We're home! With puffy white clouds over (and under?) Tucker Pond
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Movie: Daddy Long Legs spider cruising around on ferns, almost interrupting some sexy Japanese beetles!
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Somebody is about to use that stamen as a launching pad.
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Movie: "Hello Tower, this is Little Bee, and I'm ready for takeoff"
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Morning dew on the ferns outside our cottage (aka "Thistle Dew" without the "Too")
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Movie: The Tucker Pond dam is flowing nicely. (There's been a lot of rain here all spring while we've been off RVing.)
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Greetings from the Big Rock where our dock should be
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Colorful dragonfly on our dock
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Reflections on a calm day at Tucker Pond
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Ripples in the afternoon sun
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The closest thing we've got to a lotus flower ;-)
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Following a deluge, a bow wave torrent rushes up and over the dam
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Even though we have multiple hummingbird feeders, at times they still like to visit the hanging plants
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Ripples in the stillness (or, stillness amongst the ripples)
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We have high-bush wild blueberries, but this year, somebody else got there before Carol had a chance to pick 'em.
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Bumble bees are taking good advantage of the hummingbird flowers too
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And why not a hummingbird moth, as well?
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Colorful sunset over and on Tucker Pond ... and That's All Folks! And so concludes another successful Thistle Dew Too Adventure!