Where in the Copper Country #18

No one had the answer to last week’s Where in the Copper Country location. It was the Finnish Lutheran Church in Jacobsville. It really is a beautiful church in a very peaceful location. You just have to watch out for those mosquitoes!

This week’s “Where in the Copper Country” is a bit of a flashback and a special one at that. Ten years ago on this day, Mr. Explorer and I were married in a beautiful Copper Country location. The exact location is for you to guess! I will give a few hints, since the picture doesn’t show much.

1.) It is a popular spot to visit or spend a few days.
2.) We had the wedding and reception there.
3.) The backdrop for our wedding ceremony was Lake Superior (although, I can’t find those pics – maybe Mr. CC Explorer is doing something with them. Hmmm…).

To my husband, I would like to thank you for 10 years of marriage. There’s no one else that I would rather explore the Copper Country with. I love you dear.

I’ll spare everyone else from the mushy stuff ;)

Where in the Copper Country was this pic taken?

Where in the Copper Country #17

dcclark narrowed down where I was for last week’s picture – Fort Wilkins. To be specific, I was standing inside a jail cell at the fort when I took the picture.

This week’s picture is a very picturesque church in a remote location.

Where in the Copper Country is this pic taken?

Where in the Copper Country #16

dcclark and jpemeric got the last “Where in the Copper Country” photo correct. It was indeed Lake Bailey.

This week’s photo is a little different. It’s from inside a building this time. While it was neat being in there to take the pic, it wouldn’t have been neat to be in there for its intended use.

Where in the Copper Country is this pic taken?

Kayaking the Tobacco River

We love fishing at Thayer’s Lake. We kept saying that one day we want to kayak down the Tobacco River that flows out of the lake.

Well, there was a cache (geocashing) hidden down the river so we decided that was the perfect reason to get out and go do it!

For clarification, we have inflatable kayaks. They work well, although we have to be a little careful of sticks and such. Thankfully, there are not many sticks in the river. However, there is no lack of beaver activity!

Not far from Thayer’s Lake we hit our first roadblock…a nice beaver dam. It hasn’t been there too long to where there was a drop off on the other side. We were able to get out of our kayaks, cross the dam on foot and get back in our kayaks on the other side. Then it was some nice kayaking for about 1/2 mile or so.

We were less than 200 feet from where the cache was hidden when the eerie sound of a waterfall filled our ears. You see it all the time in the movies. People are boating down a river and then you hear rushing water. While it wasn’t a huge waterfall, it was about 3 or so feet high and full of nice pointy sticks. At the dam, we were about 100 feet from the cache.

We got out of our kayaks and surveyed the situation. The vegetation we would have to go through to bypass going down the river was pretty treacherous. The beavers made booby traps – you think you are on solid ground but then your leg drops two and a half feet. We were only on branches.

The bugs sensed that the three of us were standing there scratching our heads on what to do next and came in for a viscous attack. Do we go for it to try to find the cache or admit defeat?

We admitted defeat. Tough to do, but we really weren’t prepared for major buckwacking to reach the cache. Perhaps another time.

I can’t stop smiling about it, though. It was so much fun regardless!

Our Unusual Sighting

dcclark caught a glimpse of the elusive Blizzard T. Husky in February. We had an unusual sighting of our own on the 4th of July – a Stormtrooper!

Ok, maybe it was just a costume. But our son got the biggest kick out of him :)