Sep 24: Ludington to Traverse City

I checked out then hung around for an hour doing some Blog work in the lobby. I finally departed Ludington and headed via backroads up to historical Manistee, yet another Lake Michigan port town that is connected to an inland lake by a river-cum-boating/shipping channel. Fall is setting-in up here in Michigan, and I've not been used to these 'below 20 degC' temps (it was 19 deg) since I was last here... plus it was gloomy and rain was threatening, so after a drive around town and picking up a coffee at a gas station, I headed on to TC, arriving there around 5:00 pm. It seems to still be the pumpkin season I first noticed around Chicago, as many farmhouses had colourful 'pumpkins-for-sale' displays at the roadside. It always seemed to me that I was past these places before I even knew they were coming (and there was always a vehicle behind me), so I've borrowed a couple of images of the interweb to illustrate what goes on during this festive season. I even saw a bottle shop in one of the towns that was called 'El Gourdo's Liquor' 😅.

Anyways... I'll Blog a little in these next few days if I do anything interesting here in Traverse City. At the moment, Rosie flies in from NYC late on 29 Sep and it looks like we'll on-board on 2 October and depart TC for points south on the lake on 4 Oct. we're tentatively scheduling Hammond, IN, for 9 October.Read more