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Here with family and grandsons and my first trip.
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We spent the night in Wenatchee and headed towards Steilacoom to visit a long time friend from college days. Had not seen each other since 1978. Very scenic drive along the way. What a great spot to camp! SL TFTView
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We spent the night in Wenatchee and headed towards Steilacoom to visit a long time friend from college days. Had not seen each other since 1978. Very scenic drive along the way. Pulled up to the barrier and ate our packed lunches here. TN LN SL TFTPicnicSpot
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We spent the night in Wenatchee and headed towards Steilacoom to visit a long time friend from college days. Had not seen each other since 1978. Very scenic drive along the way. SL TFTView
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We spent the night in Wenatchee and headed towards Steilacoom to visit a long time friend from college days. Had not seen each other since 1978. Very scenic drive along the way. Took a break. SL TFTView
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We spent the night in Cranbrook, B.C., and headed south and west. Left the Rocky Mountains and ended up in the Cascades at Wenatchee, WA, on the Columbia River. Very scenic drive! This is a very beautiful area. Clever hide. SL TFTGreatView
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The Superior Entry Lighthouse.
The Superior Entry is the only natural opening through the longest fresh water sand bar in the world. Sand deposits from the lake and the rivers created the bar forming the harbor about 3000 years ago.
The Entry, as first charted in 1861, was 1500 feet wide and 4-16 feet deep. The US Corps of Engineers completed the present 1500 to 2000 feet long concrete piers in 1909 and now mantains a channel 500 feet wide and 32 feet deep. Currents in the channel sometimes reach speeds of more than 3 mph.
The first ore shipped from the mighty Mesabi Iron Range passed through the Entry in 1893. Today the Entry serves one of the busiest ports in the United States, the western terminus of the St. Lawrence Seaway, and handles cargoes of iron ore, coal, petroleum and grain destined for ports throughout the world. The Lighthouse was built in 1913 and is still used today. It is maintained by the US Coast Guard.
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John W. Heisman, famous coach and football strategist and the one who this trophy is given in honor of, was buried in Rhinelander, WI, in 1936. Here is a photo of a plaque honoring him that we found at the Holiday Inn Express in Rhinelander. One of our best friend's mother took care of his wife for a while after John had passed away.
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WOW! Did we get a great education doing this cache! The original Otter Rapids Dam and power plant was built in 1906 by the Eagle River Light and Water Commission, on the Wisconsin River. An electric transmission line was erected in 1923 to a community (Three Lakes) 10 miles away and another in 1925 that is 30 miles (Minocqua) away. WI Valley Electric bought this Hydroelectric Plant/Dam in 1928. It is licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
T dam is 17 feet high and 174 feet long. The normal operating water depth is 12 feet. The plant's two turbines can generate 500 kilowatts of electricity at maximum output.
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