The Queen and the Light

There have been a lot of great Sunset Cruises on the Isle Royale Queen IV lately in Copper Harbor. The Kilpela family, of course, runs the Queen IV, and we run the Sunset Cruise, for the past 35 years. This is a shot of the Queen turning out into the Big Lake as she passes the Copper Harbor Lighthouse on Hays Point at the east end of Copper Harbor. It was my brother Captain John Kilpela who was master on board that night, and I believe my daughter Miranda was on there, too. The weather has been great for all water activities in the harbor for the past four or five weeks. Just one great day after another. The goodness of the weather actually starts to pall -- in a way. We need rain badly. Every front comes through dry.