As I’m writing this it’s Thursday morning and I’m facing the prospect of packing up in the rain. Even as I sit here I can feel the temperature dropping. The weather has been pretty much crap since I left two days ago. Yesterday I got soaked on a bike ride on Madeline Island, but more on that in the next post.

My little camper has served me well but I get tired of setting it up and taking it down, especially in the rain. It makes me long for a little travel trailer that I can just hitch up, raise the stabilizers, and go. (You were right, Nate)

Copper Falls is a very nice State Park and Campground. It’s thick forest, the campsites are very private, and there’s plenty of good hiking and biking trails. Mellen is a sleepy little place carved out of the woods, with a lumber mill, two gas stations, and two bars. The only downside is if you don’t  like to be off the cell grid.

If you come camping into this area I can also attest to how nice Amnicon Falls Campground is just east of the town of Superior. I camped there in a previous life, before anyone even thought about being on the grid or off the grid. My guess is that it’s proximity to Superior means you could still obsess about your cell phone. 🙂

I’m moving on to hang with the Yoopers for a couple of days and then in to Ontario. I have a wet camper, a clammy sleeping bag and pillow, a bunch of wet clothes, and I haven’t been able to even think about a campfire. I need some of those sunny, breezy fall days.

Ok, sorry, enough whining. I’m hoping for better weather ahead.  I know this post is kinda boring but I have to get my posting legs under me again.  I’ll try to do better.