"The Porkies": Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, our last stop on the UP

We don't have a picture of it, but one of the fun things that happened while we were in the Porkies was that we had a brief visit from nephew Pete, his wife Karen, sons Joe and Sam, with the rest of their scout troop from Chicago.  They stopped by for a brief visit at the end of a several day Boy Scout backpacking trip to the Porkies. It was just happenstance that they were there at the same time we were.

There were beautiful overlooks all along the Escarpment Trail.

Lake of the Clouds surrounded by the Porcupine Mountains, seen from Escarpment Trail

Presque Isle Scenic Area

On our last evening in the Porcupine Mountains, we actually saw a porcupine up in a tree eating leaves.
Unfortunately, it was sunset, so you will have to trust me that this is a porcupine.

Last beautiful sunset over Lake Superior on the last day in Michigan

Click on "Older Posts" below to see the rest of the trip.  We went to my childhood home in Elroy, Wisconsin and to Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesen, in Spring Green, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin: Elroy and Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin

After leaving the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, we headed to Wisconsin.  First, we visited Elroy, the town where my family lived from the time I was 9 months to 9 years old.  It is still a little farming community, but it has fallen on hard times.  

Downtown Elroy

parsonage at 210 Second Main Street, where my family lived

Sidewalk from Main Street downtown, up to Second Main, where we lived
When she was little, my sister Rosemary once was sent to the store to get oranges.
She dropped the bag before she got to the top,
and she chased the oranges all the way back down the hill.  

My father had a "city" church and a country church.  This is the country church in Glendale.
It has been beautifully restored.  The "city" church burned down after years of being abandoned.

 On our last day in Wisconsin, we went to Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin.  It is a large complex of buildings he built, his summer home, as well as the site of one of his studios.  Unfortunately, they wouldn't let you take pictures inside the buildings.  They were filled with the priceless, incredibly beautiful Asian art work that he collected.  
If you want to know more about Taliesin, see this link:  Taliesin

"Romeo and Juliet" : FLW's first commission, while he was still in his teens.
This is the windmill for the school he designed for his aunts.

He designed the building to incorporate the growing tree.

His wife complained that she couldn't see birds from the windows,
so he added the "birdwalk."

On the last night of our trip, before heading for home,
we had a lovely dinner in the visitor center, which is a FLW design.