Alas, I didn’t arrive at the moominbeach on the day that the Full Circle Superior folks (who are walking around Lake Superior) walked it, which was today. I know because I follow them on Facebook and this afternoon they posted (from my fave Dancing Crane Coffeehouse) that they had made it to Brimley State Park. I commented to the effect that “my” beach was a half mile east of the Birch Point range light and that I was sorry I couldn’t be there to wish them well. I didn’t expect a reply. I know that with the logistics of the trip and sometimes spotty internet connection, not to mention the number of people following them, they can’t reply to every little off-hand comment. So I was elated to receive the reply, “We walked by your place this morning.” Judging by the photos they posted, it looks like they might have also walked the Jim Finlayson Nature Trail (named after my brother, the engineer in the sky). At the least, they walked some of the Little Traverse Conservancy property that once belonged to our family.

I felt unexpectedly emotional about this transient little internet encounter with some other folks who love Gitchee Gumee as much as I do. Folks that I have never met and probably never will. Fortunately, various people at work were in rare form today and the hi-jinks going on around there provided a nice counterpoint to any eye-watering/mascara-running I might have otherwise indulged in. (Yes, I do wear make-up but most people don’t know it these days.)

The Full Circle Superior folks are about to cross over into Ontario to begin the second half of their journey. Godspeed!

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