Today Nina bought herself a new rhine-stone cap to replace the one she traded with a Uros women when we visited the Uros people of Las Islas Flotantes in Peru.

Just before Bayfield, Wisconsin we stopped at a very impressive visitors center. Very informative and well presented exhibits told us how the early settlers terraformed the state cutting down all of the original forest and filling in much of the wetlands left by the glacial lakes of the previous ice age. In addition a short nature trail tried to teach me something about the local trees, but without success. I have been trying (unsuccessfully) for 40 years to learn how to recognize North America tree species.

Thereafter a short walk around the town of Bayfield gave Nina the chance to find a souvenir shop and buy that hat. The town was quite attractive though low key and while there where some tourists in evidence a quiet feel presided.

We spent the remainder of the day driving around the Bayfield peninsula and stopping at a few of the beach spots to take in some sun and take a dip in (that is swim in) Lake Superior.

I apologize for the un-flaterring photo of me lounging on the beach. I blame it all on the photographer.

At the end of the day we chose a camping spot at Dalrymple Park on the shores of Lake Superior. Surprisingly there were very few people in this campground. Sadly this seemed to underscore what we felt was a lack of tourist traffic in the area. The impression we got was that this part of Wisconsin was doing it tough.