yellow jacket, hard hat
Does everyone want to take their children to nearly every place they went as a child? I feel like I am in retro retread week. I promise I wouldn’t take them to Sea World in Ohio if that were even open anymore.
If you drive up to the UP in Michigan, just across the border at Iron Mountain and head 9 miles east, toward Vulcan, you will come to the Iron Mountain Iron Mine. You buy your tickets (this $1 off coupon will help), don a slick yellow jacket and a hard hat, and ride on the tram deep into the earth. And see iron mining. It is a sort of dirty, cold, fascinating tour.
Iron Mountain Iron Mine
200 miles, 4 hours
And how about to make it more appealing, how about a hotel, with indoor pool and free breakfast. We’d take 2 cars and the grandparents and the great-grandparents. It is Great-Grandma’s birthday, so we would have to add in a nice dinner.
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Iron Mountain, MI
2005 S. Stephenson Ave Iron Mountain, MI 49801
free internet, indoor pool, free breakfast
Check In: Sat Jun 19, 2010 Rooms: 2
Check Out: Sun Jun 20, 2010
Guests:
Room 1: 2 queens, 5 (2 Adults, 3 Children) $118.81
Room 2: 2 queens, 4 adults $131.89
Total: $250.70
200 miles at $0.55 = $110, x 2 cars = $220
Grand total: $470.70
it’s amazing all the dreneifft opinions on seasoning and treating cast iron. I usually season mine in my BBQ grill just because of the smoke it can create.I also usually just put a bit of water in there, scrub it just enough to get the stuff loose, then rinse it out good, set it over low heat and rub with oil to season again but I say whatever method works for you is the method you should use cast iron rocks..love to use the dutch ovens when we go camping.