Is the restaurant on Bong Field (nautical themed, with a few nods to
aviation)
closed now?

The restaurant is open, although we sadly didn't get a chance to eat there.

Is Barker Island another length of the Park Point strip that
shelters the harbor from the lake?

Barker Island is that little spit of land between Sky Harbor and the actual
lake shore. It's full of tourist stuff, from a maritime museum, to a
marina, to hotels, to the new Bong Museum

See a map here at http://visitdouglascounty.com/maps-page-superior.htm .
It's hard to see, cuz when you click on it to enlarge the map, it neatly
splits Barker Island in half!

If you ever get a hankering to go even further north, Ely with its wolf
museum
is a wonderful destination. Feels like you're at the top of the world, and
the
sectional will warn you of the areas where the concentration of iron ore
in the
ground tweaks your compass...

Yeah, the iron ore does do strange things to a compass. Of course,
navigating from Ashland to Superior is as easy as pie -- just follow the
lake shore west! Who needs a compass?

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"