Copper Harbor (left) with sheltered harbor and Lake Superior on far left. Lake Fannie Hooe on the right. We are camped on the west side of the lake.
Today was a wonderful 75 degrees with a nice breeze. It rained during the night so we thought maybe some Greenstones would be washed out at the Central Mine. We headed out with our rock buddies Chris and Krystal, but had limited luck. There was not enough rain to wash the stones out.
It's a long way down US41 to Miami from here.
I found a rock with a drill core hole in it and forgot to take it when we left. I stashed it so I’ll get it tomorrow. I thought it would make a great planter for Bonnie. We all got a few things, but nothing to brag about. We left the Central and headed out to the logging road where Chris found his float copper the other day.
Chris again was the star, with a nice Lake Superior Agate he found where the bulldozer tracks were in the logging area. He also found a couple small pieces of Float Copper and Crystal found a small piece of float also. I hiked back into the bush and found an exposed Prehnite outcrop where I picked up a couple pieces to cut later.
These guys were digging so fast they were just a blur.
After we had lunch Chris, Bonnie, and I hiked back to the Prehnite area to dig. Krystal rested in the car as she got little sleep due to a bear roaming around their campsite during the night. We all dug, but the holes produced little except the blue spotted salamander Bonnie unearthed which was interesting to examine. It emitted some sticky substance from glands in its’ tail onto Chris. We released it so it could crawl back into a hole.
Just after that wildlife encounter the strangest alien looking bug landed on Chris. It stood still long enough for we to get a great shot of it. If anyone can ID either this Salamander or the bug, please let me know.
The Salamander. When we sprayed water on him he really was excited.
We think the "alien" is a moth. Does anyone know about this chartreuse bug?
We split up and Bonnie and I checked some outcrops on Brockway Mountain Drive for rare agates, but found none.
I think after some burgers on the grill we will go downtown Copper Harbor and be tourists tonight.