Today was a day of leisure with Rob and Monica, twins Colby and Quinn, and infant sister Regan. After a late breakfast, we piled into the family mini-van and headed up the peninsula. We meandered through Houghton, saw Michigan Tech where Rob was educated, saw Rob’s place of work, and several other landmarks. We proceeded up US41 to the historic mining town of Calumet and then over to the coast of Lake Superior to a beach at Eagle River. We had a picnic lunch, the boys played in the freezing water, and Regan ate sand. Fun was had by all. We then proceeded along the coast up to Copper Harbor, diverting briefly to drive to the top of a hill from which you could see for miles. From there, we went a short drive into the woods where we hiked about 1.5 miles on a trail through old growth trees. There were some white pine trees over 3’ in diameter.
Rob is a civil engineer who specializes on cleanup from old mines. On the way home, he showed us one that he recently finished where mine waste was buried under 18” of soil, and a drainage ditch that was placed where a natural creek had run before the mine dumping. The new creek was lined with native trees and vegetation, most of which survived the transplantation. Rob said this project, which he designed, managed, and completed under budget, was closely monitored by the state and the EPA, and will be used as a model for future cleanups. He has 3-4 more projects lined up in this area.
Anyway, we stopped and had Mexican food in Calumet on the way home to end a very enjoyable time. We took a number of pictures to share.
As mentioned earlier, Colby and Quinn are twins. They are actually identical and very difficult to tell apart for those of us who see them so infrequently. We have a “cheat sheet”, you might say, that makes it easy. Several weeks ago, Quinn broke his left arm when playing on monkey bars. The cast makes it easy. Actually, had that not been the case, we could have identified Colby because of the bandage on his chin from a separate monkey bar incident. These are active boys!
Rob is a civil engineer who specializes on cleanup from old mines. On the way home, he showed us one that he recently finished where mine waste was buried under 18” of soil, and a drainage ditch that was placed where a natural creek had run before the mine dumping. The new creek was lined with native trees and vegetation, most of which survived the transplantation. Rob said this project, which he designed, managed, and completed under budget, was closely monitored by the state and the EPA, and will be used as a model for future cleanups. He has 3-4 more projects lined up in this area.
Anyway, we stopped and had Mexican food in Calumet on the way home to end a very enjoyable time. We took a number of pictures to share.
As mentioned earlier, Colby and Quinn are twins. They are actually identical and very difficult to tell apart for those of us who see them so infrequently. We have a “cheat sheet”, you might say, that makes it easy. Several weeks ago, Quinn broke his left arm when playing on monkey bars. The cast makes it easy. Actually, had that not been the case, we could have identified Colby because of the bandage on his chin from a separate monkey bar incident. These are active boys!
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