Most Recent Travels…are at the Top! The rest is history.
And the Vagaries of Lake Superior Weather When the gales of November came early! Really! Many visitors over the weekend did not arrive or leave per their original plans! We did, but barely. We departed Copper Harbor, Keweenaw Peninsula on the Isle Royale Queen IV last Tuesday, 8:00 am, for Read more
On the Keweenaw Peninsula… …which was a center of copper mining for well over 100 years. The Pittsburgh and Boston Mining Company began mining near Copper Harbor in 1844. From 1850 to 1881, Michigan produced more than three-quarters of the country’s copper, and in 1869, the state produced over 95%. Calumet Read more
On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee According to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, at least 200 shipwrecks lie along Lake Superior’s Shipwreck Coast, a treacherous 80-Mile stretch of shoreline with no safe harbor, between Munising (where we camped) and Whitefish Point (where we visited the Shipwreck Museum). It is known as Read more
Separating Michigan’s Lower and Upper Peninsulas And connecting Lake Michigan to the west with Lake Huron to the east. We camped in Mackinaw City for 5 nights, just south of the Mackinac Bridge. We visited a lot in 4 days of touring and learned a lot about the history of Read more
and the Cherry Capitol of the World We camped in Empire, Michigan (6 nights), primarily to visit Sleeping Bear Dunes, and maybe take a quick trip into Traverse City on our last day. We learned, once here, that Traverse City, Michigan is known as the “Cherry Capital of the World”. Its Read more
From Lumber Town to Industrial Center Our first stop on Lake Michigan, we camped on a small lake, about 3/4 mile to walk around the whole thing. It’s about equi-distant from Whitehall to the northwest and downtown Muskegon to the southwest. Muskegon is on the south side of Lake Muskegon, Read more
Camping on a lake in Ypsilanti First camping with Lizzy in Michigan (State #39), with more Michigan visits coming up in August! We picked Ypsilanti, as it was between Lansing and Dearborn & Detroit, the 3 places we visited. And there was Truck Maintenance in the Motor City area, finally Read more
From Lake Erie to Lake Ontario We camped in Youngstown, NY, and over 2 days, visited sites from Buffalo (on Lake Erie) to Niagara Falls to Fort Niagara (on Lake Ontario). Visit to 1 new National Park Site: (visited 2 Heritage Areas) What else did we see in Buffalo??? We Read more
Camping on the water… …backed up to Waterloo Harbor, off Gem Creek, on the Seneca River between Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake. So our “hang out in camp” times were quite pleasant! We are conveniently 10 minutes from downtown Seneca Falls. We had a “lazy day” in camp mid-week (see Read more
Short Stop in East Stroudsburg, PA We had a Great Day with Jane, a High School friend of Mark’s who lives locally. She met us in camp and we took a day trip north to a 3 sites along the Delaware River and had a nice lunch in Milford (and Read more