Aug 21, 2012 - Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore, etc

We enjoyed this visit to the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore and surrounding area as much as we did on our first visit several years ago. We hiked dunes, enjoyed beautiful views looking over Lake Michigan and smaller inland lakes, explored the small towns in the area and the Mission Peninsula during our 6 day stay. The only thing that has changed from our last visit is more people. The locals told us that since Good Morning America named Sleeping Bear Dunes as the most beautiful place in America a year ago that tourism has skyrocketed. We...

Aug 16, 2012 - Yeah, the a/c is fixed...on to Empire, MI

UPS was delivering the part and though they normally run by 10:30 am, when we got to the shop this morning at 10:45 they had not run....for unknown reasons they were running several hours late. Once the part arrived, the service guy was very quick and we were on the road about an hour and a half later. I guess things happen for a reason though because thanks to our late start we missed most of the rain and only drove through rain about an hour of the 3.5 hour drive to Empire and it had stopped by the time we got to the campground . The...

Aug 7, 2012 - Last day at Indigo Bluffs

We went with 6 couples to a great restaurant in Interlochen.....and we celebrated Carolyn's birthday and they are from Texas....small world.....we departed Empire taking a picture of our spot for next year we will stay there for the season...May-October....heading to Manistee...then on to Ludington....the last two towns are on the west coast of Lake Michigan...

Jul 31, 2012 - Glen Arbor Yacht club, Glen Haven & Hops farm

Glen Arbor Yacht club is where I learned to sail as a youngster and it looks the same as it did back then....amazing it was almost 50 years ago....fun memories!!! then we went out to Glen Haven historic district where big ships came in to the logging town and the cannery canned cherries in the 1920's

Jul 30, 2012 - Exploring Frankfort and Point Betsie my favorite place so far

Went to Frankfort to the farmers market with our entegra friends Linda and Von then to Point Betsie...what a great surprise the water again more beautiful than any other place around here....and beyond the lighthouse was an area of water that was amazing light aqua with a bit of sparkle....there was a couple getting wedding pictures made and an area was set up for a wedding...we kept looking for more petoskey stones it seems to be a habit plus there are other neat stones here..

Jul 27, 2012 - Edging on to Empire

Luckily, it was dry this morning and we got ready to move as soon as we wrapped up our morning chores. After a light, early lunch, we hit the road. We had about 90 miles to drive and check-in time at the next destination was 1 o’clock. About half-way, we stopped at a roadside park to get Foxy out for a walk. It was decidedly cooler than our other driving days this trip. It was the first driving day we didn’t have to run the generator for a/c to keep the coach cool. While Joe did a safety walk-around of the rig and Jeep, I took Foxy for a...

Jul 18, 2012 - Art Show in Glen Arbor

We went to find where we will meet our fishing guide for our trip on Saturday and then off to the art show and were so impressed with the local talent!! Many wow booths...we then to a few places I remembered as a child to take pictures....all in all it was a great day!!! Last pictures are taken here at our park....this couple has a very attractive dummy that drives their toad and on the back of the suburban there is a sign that reads please be patient I am pushing as fast as I can....funny!!!

Jul 16, 2012 - Floating the Platte River!!!

Well we decided we needed to cool off in the river....it was a great float and we hope to find time to do it again!!! This was the first Joe and Bonnie had ever tubed and they loved it as much as we did....this is the best float ever!!! we also had another hippy siting at the gas station!!!

Jul 13, 2012 - Arrived at Indigo Bluff Empire yesterday off to Glen Lake

We left Traverse City and headed to Empire for Indigo Bluff and we will be here for 27 days....Yesterday we went to the sand dunes after we got in then today we went to Fishtown in Leland....Last night was Meet and Greet here at the park and they had wine and snacks...and we met lots of neat people and the guy that owns the park and our surprise he was a 40ish fellow that doesn't even have an RV just loves the area....and we drove down the road where our summer home was but the foliage was so thick I couldn't see our old place...today we...

Oct 13, 2011 - Chores and Errands

Today we slept late then went for our walk. We completed chores around the RV and did the laundry. In the afternoon we drove into Traverse City to exchange audio books at Cracker Barrel, get a few supplies and fuel the truck. Tomorrow we head to Mackinaw City.

Oct 12, 2011 - Old Mission and Traverse City

This morning we headed east toward Traverse City then north onto Old Mission Peninsula. We made our way almost to the northern tip where we stopped to visit Henn Cottage which is owned by the family of our friend Debbie Henn Jones. The cottage was built in the late 1800's and faces Grand Traverse Bay. As she had told us, we walked along the sidewalk running parallel to the shoreline, met a few neighbors and saw the rest of the cottages along the bay, both large and small. We also went inside the cottage which is really neat with old wood...

Oct 11, 2011 - Traverse City and Old Mission

We started this morning driving in to the town of Empire and stopping at the Visitor Center for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. We then headed to the dunes and took a scenic drive. Along the way we came upon a 1.5 mile trail through the dunes which proved to be a little more difficult than we had expected since we were walking in soft sand, up and down hills (dunes). At one point we were at the top of the dune that is a dune climb for another stop on the scenic route. The views around the scenic road were quite beautiful. There are...