Aug 21, 2012 - Our last day at Ludington and Lake Michigan

Well we spent a week in Ludington, Michigan which is on the west coast of Lake Michigan and the home of the Badger car ferry.....it is 410 feet long and holds 180 vehicles and 600 passengers...it make a daily trip to a town in Wisconsin called Manitowoc....we spent one day going to a town a few miles south called Pentwater...cute place we had a good time checking out the Bitchen Kitchen and having lunch at house of Flavors.....then our last day we went to get our last fix of lake Michigan....sad to say good by to the lake but we will be...

Jul 22, 2012 - Let's Go to Ludington

Move day today. We probably could have stayed a little longer in Muskegon and found things to do but we decided to move on north to Ludington. It was an easy drive of 49 miles and we even stopped at a rest stop. We were mostly killing time because the RV park we were going to has a 2 o’clock check-in time….way too late for us. When we arrived, the RV’s were lined out along the road waiting to check in. This is a really busy campground and it is huge. Families are out in droves around here for summer vacation. Joe stayed with the rig and I...

Sep 9, 2011 - Ludington to Wisconsin Dells

Thursday, Sept 8th - Today was a long day of travel. Lost time because of two of our exits being closed due to accidents on the QEW and then missed a turn onto another route. Long lines at the border crossing added to the time loss. In total we loss about an hour, but still arrived at our hotel at 4:20 pm. Dinner in the hotel restaurant and then back to our rooms for some R&R to get ready for an early start tomorrow. Friday, Sept 9th- Had to be at the ferry docks for 8:00 so we met for our continental breakfast in the lobby at 7:00; had...

Aug 12, 2011 - Getting ready for the Cruise Ship to Wisconsin

Traveled off the beaten trail to Ludington, Michigan. Instead of following the Map-Quest route on the Interstate 75, we worked our way down the coast of Lake Michigan to Ludginton. It was a beautiful day again, stopped couple places along the way for lunch or other types of breaks. Cindy made friends with the "lake" gulls rather quickly after we had lunch in a beautiful city park on the way to Ludington, as you may see in the photos. Also officially affixed the "MI" sticker to the bumper of Lucy. We arrived about 4 PM, and into the heated...

Nov 18, 2010 - OK, Here we go for another Winter 'On The Road'

Hi All, We left the house on Thursday afternoon the 18th fro New Jersey. We made it to Cabellas in Dundee, MI about dark or so for the night. Day 2 on the road got us well into PA. Day 3 got us to our Son's house in Neptune City, NJ. We will be here through November 28 when we will move 75 miles to South Jersey to visit old neighbors and friends. We are parked in Brad's drive with our coach. We have a big wedding the day after Thanksgiving. Ted Jr. is getting married to a great lady. Terri is her name. We saw our oldest grand son Daniel for...

Sep 20, 2010 - Ludington, MI

Our first night out we stayed in Ludington, Michigan. We are going to take a car ferry across Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. They loaded a good many big rigs on the boat along with all the passenger cars and pickups. The vehicles are loaded into the belly of the beast. As luck would have it, the wind was blowing a pretty good clip during the 60 mile, 4 hour vogage making the Lake a bit rough. Many people on board were getting sick (Cheryl included). We decided after this ride that perhaps we might not want to take an ocean cruise...

Aug 8, 2010 - Poolside With a Nephew and Niece

We awoke on Sunday morning to a storm with thunder and lighting. It didn't last too long and we headed south to Caledonia, Michigan just outside of Grand Rapids. We're nicely parked near the barn in the back of Bob and Julie Spoolstra's home. They are our nephew and niece and returned about a year ago from six years as missionaries in Ecuador. We hadn't seen them since 2003. That meant a lot of enjoyable moments talking about what has happened in our lives, learning about their projects on their house and how our the economy is affecting...

Jul 23, 2009 - Ludington, MI

Drove down to Manistee and overnighted at the Liver River Casino, they had a nice RV park. Then we visit Historic old town and walk along the river boardwalk. There are alot of expense boats in the river along the walk and at the end it opens up into Lake Michigan. The next day we drove down to Ludington Dock were the ferry leaves from. Overnight there and catching the S.S. Badger in the morning. Our motorhome and car were loaded underneath. It was a 4 hour trip across Lake Michigan to Wisconsin. The water was like glass and made a nice...

Aug 28, 2008 - Ludington, Michigan

LEFT THE CAMPGROUND AT 10AM. IT WAS ONLY A 85 MILE DRIVE. WE ARE CAMPED AT VACATION STATION RV RESORT. A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE NATIONAL PARKS. I DID GET 5 LOADS OF CLOTHES WASHED. WE WERE ALL SET UP AND CLOTHES PUT AWAY BY 4PM. THIS IS THE END OF A GREAT TRIP. I THINK TOMORROW WE WILL GO TO A SHOW. SATURDAY WE ARE TAKING THE FERRY ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN. WE WILL SPEND A FEW DAYS IN WISCONSIN AND THEN ITS TIME TO HEAD BACK TO INDIANA. I CANNOT STOP THINKING HOW LUCKY DAN AND I ARE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAMP AROUND AMERICA.

Aug 11, 2007 - Ludington Wedneday August 8

We got to Ludington and went to the state park so we could visit the Big Sabal Point Lighthouse, believe it or not; we were turned away, no place to park the MH. They said the Lighthouse was about a two mile walk from the park, but we had to park in another area that was "ONLY" a mile from the park, uhh that would be 3 miles from the lighthouse, so guess what, you won't be seeing a picture on my updates of the Big Sabal Point Lighthouse. So, we parked just outside the park and climbed up on top of the MH and I took pictures of Lake Michigan...

Jul 11, 2006 - Mears, Michigan

As much as we hated too, we headed souuth from Mackinaw City to Mears, MI. We will miss the cool weather of Northern Michigan. Mears is located about half way down the state on the shores of Lake Michigan. The biggest claim to fame in the area is the Silver Lake Dunes State Park. The dunes are huge and they do some serious four wheel driving in this part of the country. The weather was great until our last night. I was cooking a pork roast on the grill when the storm came. They were predicting 70 mph winds with quarter sized hail. Luckily,...

Jun 15, 2005 - ARLENE Who??

43 46.2 N 86 26.0 W Wind N 15 - 25 Weather: Barometer falling, rain and winds moving to north The day did not really open up for us yesterday but we decided to take the 12-mile sprint from Pentwater to Ludington in a projected 20-25 knots of wind. As soon as we cleared the Pentwater jetties we knew the forecast had been woefully conservative in wind prediction as we started to see 35 knots and 4 - 6 foot waves quartering us from port. Under full main and less than 100% ( about 1/3rd of full head sail) we enjoyed a bouncy but quick ride to...