We went to the greatest old mining community in Rockland, MI today. It is called Old Victoria. It was just a few old buildings but they were full of authentic items from the time of the people that actually lived there and the buildings were in amazing condition. We were given a personal tour and allowed to touch things. The tour guide was just amazing because you could really tell how she loved her work. Troy said it was only a shame that she was interested in the things that still stood and not interested in talking about what had gone by the way as well. There was a lot that could be said about the history of the community as a whole and what happened with the mine that was the purpose of the community's existence to begin with.

I got to visit another new state today. I visited the city of Land O' Lakes Wisconsin. It was ok but I wouldn't want to live there. At least I can mark that one off my list, eh?

Check out the neat church. It may not seem that unique but it is nearly identical to the one on our train layout at home and we found it in Rockland today when we were driving around looking for ideas for how our little town should look since we are patterning it after this area of the country.