What a long strange trip it's been

Last full day in Duluth :(

We headed to the Karpeles Manuscript Museum this morning. Sadly most of the collection only comes out for exhibitions which are between schedules right now, but we got to see a few bits, including a couple of Disney sketches, Babe Ruth's Yankees' contract and a page from the second act score of Puccini's Madame Butterfly 

Then we headed to Tycoons Tavern for Bob's 74th Birthday Brunch. This is a Fully Loaded Bloody Mary with fried pickle, bacon, egg and a beer snit.

We stuck to coffee and Mimosas, as the huge plate of food had already floored us:

Bacon biscuits, sausage gravy, hash browns and deep fried eggs. "Leaden" is the word I believe you're looking for. 

We listened to some more live Bob tunes 

and chatted to the Dylanologists, that included a Dylan blogger who made notes every time we spoke, and John Bushey the Highway 61 Revisited radio host, who apparently gave us a shout out  on yesterday's show.  Fame at last! 

Here is the inner circle into which we were invited

and who gave us a hearty handshake of a farewell as we waddled off. 

We walked the shore for the last time

and then did the tourist boat tour. 

Ahoy there matey

We call this 'Double Denim in Duluth, with Binoculars'.

Stats alert - Did you know that Lake Superior is the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area? And that it holds 10% (3 quadrillion gallons) of the worlds fresh water? Until Lou shoved her toes in it! It has 350 shipwrecks - including the Edmond Fitzgerald, all you Gordon Lightfoot fans - and has some of the world's biggest grain elevators on the dockside. 

You'll now be the star of your next pub quiz. 

Then we headed back home to pack, Den washed the bugs off the car, 

we argued about the route to the airport tomorrow and then we drank champagne and watched the fog roll in

You lucky things will get a final instalment of our ramblings tomorrow. Then you can feel smug that our trip is over and we will be miserable buggers for the rest of the week/year. 

Awesome: Radio H61 shout out. Plus the possibility of Jurgen Klopp becoming Brentford Manager. 

Banjo: The horse pulling a tourist carriage donning a Justin Bieber fringe - most disconcerting. 

Diner: See above pics. Den had Corned Beef Hash. 

Co-pilot: Back on the road tomorrow, our little tiff has put us at 8-8. 

Mozzies: Goodbye is too good a word.