Our day started with taking a tour of the Empire open pit iron ore mine. We then went by bus to the Tilden processing plant tour. (We had to wear all the safety gear to be able to go. Al models it.) My first graders would have loved it-big trucks and huge machines. It was the blueberry festival in Marquette so we went there for dinner and also went to a play. The play was at the Lake Superior Theatre which is someones boathouse that is loaned to the theatre during the summer. The play was called The Last Five Years and was a musical with two characters. The singing was good but the story was sad. Tomorrow we head to Minnesota.