This has been a fairly slow day. Spent most of the time today sitting around the coach entering uploading data to the Find A Grave website. As previously mentioned I went out last Tuesday and photographed the entire Solway Cemetery, where Joanne's uncle and aunt are buried. I've spent some time this week resizing the photos and uploading them to the website. This requires setting up a separate page for each person buried there. (The link attached to the name above in blue is to the Find A Grave section for this cemetery. Any entry there entered by TheOldChief is my work.)
I did take some time to walk into the downtown area for lunch. One of the places that Joanne and I always stopped for lunch, at least once, each time we came to Duluth was the Original Coney Island. This place has been in business since 1921 and has a neat atmosphere. This is across the bridge, through Canal Park, across I-35 and down to Superior Street, a little over a half mile from where the RV is parked. On the way back through Canal Park I took some time to do a little shopping. There is no way I can take a trip of this length and not have some stuff for the grand kids back home. So, to all those little ones that might be reading this: "Yes, I got you something."
In the afternoon, after getting the dogs out for some exercise the three of us just relaxed and took a nap. The RV park is full this weekend due to a huge blues music festival that is going on in town. Each time the dogs see someone walk by the coach, which is most of the day, they start barking so it was best to take them to the back for nap time.
This evening, after the dogs got fed, I walked back over to Canal Park for dinner. Went to a national chain place this time, Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que. This chain is based in Georgia so they have the southern food thing down pretty good. Also, they serve "sweet tea" which is unusual up north. (Up here most places think sweet tea is tea mixed with fruit juice. True southern sweet tea is tea sweetened with sugar and plenty of it. The sugar must be mixed in while the tea is still hot so it will dissolve. Sugar will not dissolve once ice has been added and the tea is cold.) Anyway, had a good bar-b-que dinner and did a little more shopping before coming back to the coach.
Of course, both times I ventured out today the bridge was up, letting one of the Vista Fleet boats (the local tour boats) and small craft either in or out of the harbor. That backs up traffic, both vehicle and pedestrian. I did learn about the schedule for the bridge. Of course it will go up anytime one of the large ships that work the lakes enters or departs the harbor. Otherwise, the bridge only goes up every half hour. The Vista Fleet and all small craft must enter or depart at those times only. This knowledge will assist me in scheduling my departures anytime I need to head into town.
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