March 29 — We have been in Buchanan, Mich., for the past couple of days searching for a house to move into once we come off the road. We are hoping the timing works out so we can purchase something and just have to move one time, but if we don’t find what we’re looking …
July 30-31; our last days in Michigan — We left one Merkel home (Aunt Carolyn & Uncle Bob) in Harrisville in the morning, and arrived at another Merkel home some four hours away in Monroe in the afternoon. That makes visits with all three of the Merkel families – lucky us! We really enjoyed our overnight with my …
July 27-30 — We spent three very relaxing days at Aunt Carolyn & Uncle Bob’s wonderful home in Harrisville, MI. They live right Lake Huron – the third of the five Great Lakes we’ve visited in the last month. It was a luxury to fall asleep listening to the waves lap the rocks along the …
Mackinaw City – known for their fudge & ice cream, and apparently their BIG WIENERS!!! Sunday, July 27 – Leaving the U.P. – crossed over the Mackinac Bridge… will visit Aunt Carolyn & Uncle Bob on the shores of Lake Huron for a few days, then make our way to Ohio and our next National …
July 26-27 — The St. Marys River is the only water connection between Lake Superior and the other Great Lakes, but Lake Superior is 21′ higher than these lower lakes. The Soo Locks sit on the St. Marys River and enables boats to make this drop all at once. I haven’t been here since I …
Saturday, July 26 — We awoke to our 7 a.m. alarm and the pitter-patter of rain – not what we wanted to hear. We had planned to do some nice hiking at Pictured Rocks and were hopeful that the good forecast predicted for today would hold up, but the sound of the rain wasn’t promising. Deciding this wouldn’t deter …
Friday, July 25 — As Dorothy’s famous line from The Wizard of Oz goes, “there’s no place like home.” [And get it – see the picture of the rainbow? Look hard, it was actually a beautiful double-rainbow.] As full-time RVers we don’t get to pull into our own home driveway any more, but through a …
Friday, July 25 — En route to Munising, Michigan, site of our overnight accommodations this evening, we drove through this quaint little town as we crossed the border from Wisconsin back into the U.P. [Upper Peninsula of Michigan]. Ironwood is on the Wisconsin-Michigan border on Hwy 2, just across the river from Hurley, Wisconsin – …
July 15-17 — In the northwest corner of Lake Superior, right up alongside the Canadian border, sits Isle Royale National Park. This roadless, remote archipelago is accessible only by boat or seaplane. The main island is 40 miles long and 9 miles wide with an N.P. Visitor Center on each end. Isle Royale features scenic …
