Living at Hurley and Ironwood

We stay in a motel by the highway 2, that crosses the whole US. This looks like the ones in American movies, you would expect to have a bottle of whisky with you.

Our motel by the highway no 2.

This area has strong history of mining and logging, but the mines are now shut down. Most probably this is where Trump did get his supporters when he promised to open the mines, but nothing has actually happened or will happen. Luckily our hosts did not believe in him.

Miners on a mural.
Miners and Lumberjacks in front of the depot, the former railway station. No trains to this area any more.

Except many Finns, other Scandinavian, Polish and Italian, who came here, the area has also population of Native Americans. They live in reservates and enjoy some priviledges like selling alcohol and cigarettes without taxes. They also have Casino.

Hiawatha
And Hiawatha again with us.
Pasty was a nice lunch, we tasted the Finnish one, which was potatoes rutabaga ( lanttu) , carrots and meat inside a tasty cover. Miners used to have those for their lunch.
Finnish Pasty

Our hostess LeeAnn did show her art work and and gave demonstration of Taj Chi at her studio.

LeeAnn’s studio
Leeann’s art
Somebody brought that over the Ocean
LeeAnn has also several animals at home
Grandma Heikkila is preparing Moijakka for Pekka’s birthday.
And here is the hero with pecan pie and coffee. We could actually celebrate the birthday already evening of 30th as it was already May 1st in Finland.

 

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