We’re almost ready to continue our travels. Ashland and the view of Lake Superior still holds a spell on us, and we have a little unfinished business, but by wednesday morning we should be on the road again. We haven’t really decided on a route yet, but we’re either heading for Chicago, which would take us south or we could chose to go north around Lake Michigan - it really is intriguing traveling like we do.

We spent the weekend in a dorm house called ‘Gaia’s Cradle’. A nice and comfortable that even provided us with separate bedrooms. The residents (usually more but they just finished their finals so everyone has gone home), Calvin and Maggie took great care of us. every night they would hold potlucks and people from around town - both students and others would come and join in. Everyone would bring a little food or a bottle of wine, and we would just sit the table and tell stories of past and present.

On sunday we went on a road trip to the town of Bayfield just 25 miles north of Ashland. Bayfield lives of tourists in the summer, so it was very quiet - bordering on deserted. It is a beautiful town with a lovely harbor and nice wooden houses. We ate in a little diner and had lovely pumpernickel sandwiches. Word of advice though: their homemade spicy mayonnaise is really, really, spicy. Kristian nearly blew a fuse trying to put out the fire in his mouth with scolding hot coffee.

We spent the night from monday to tuesday at the Wilmarth, and old school currently owned by three brothers and sisters who have converted it into a residential building, but also have their respective design and production studios in the building. A very nice and warm place.