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June 7, 2019
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Day 1
Friday, June 7, 2019 at 3:13 PM
⛅ 68 °F
Altitude: 620 ft
United States Sawmill Creek Park 46.6274, -85.03738546°37’39” N 85°2’15” W
Paradise, MI
June 7, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Decided to start a blog for this adventure. Will add photos as I have time. Today the mosquitoes are winning and there fore not spending a lot of time sitting anywhere.
Started early today and have been to two lighthouses and multiple water falls. Absolutely beautiful but bugs are a bit over the topRead more
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Friday, June 7, 2019 at 3:17 PM
⛅ 68 °F
Altitude: 607 ft
United States Point Iroquois 46.484289, -84.63236346°29’3” N 84°37’57” W
Point Iroquois lighthouse
June 7, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Really pretty old lighthouse and no body else around. I sat next to the shore and enjoyed my morning coffee. It was a great beginning to the day.
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Friday, June 7, 2019 at 3:18 PM
⛅ 63 °F
Altitude: 620 ft
United States Whitefish Point Lighthouse Historical Marker 46.771149, -84.9575546°46’16” N 84°57’27” W
Whitefish bay lighthouse
June 7, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
The view from on lighthouse balcony was spectacular. This was also the site of the Shipwreck museum which was interesting also.
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Friday, June 7, 2019 at 3:19 PM
☀️ 77 °F
Altitude: 636 ft
United States Tahquamenon Falls 46.605378, -85.20197746°36’19” N 85°12’7” W
Tahquamenon Falls State Park
June 7, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
9450 galloon per minute flow, it was alot of water but really awesome. There were several sets of falls and at the Upper Falls there was a Brewery. Great place for lunch and a beer. Camp 33 Brewery, not bad beer but really good saladRead more
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Day 2
Saturday, June 8, 2019 at 10:20 AM
⛅ 63 °F
Altitude: 640 ft
United States O'Briens Creek 46.604966, -85.03997946°36’18” N 85°2’24” W
Tahquamenon Falls State Park Rivermouth
June 8, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Today is kayaking in a very quiet and peaceful part of the lower river. Maybe I will see a Moose !!! No moose, oh well, paddled for 2 hours looking but only found geese . Really great time.
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Day 3
Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 11:57 AM
⛅ 70 °F
Altitude: 574 ft
United States Munising Falls Creek 46.421869, -86.63276546°25’19” N 86°37’58” W
Munising, MI
June 9, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Dropped trailer at 10:30am, drove into town for festival and was able to get a ticket for boo cruise along Picture rocks national lakeshore. This was a great trip and the pictures do not tell the whole story. Really pretty. The last one is of an old lighthouse on Grand Isle. I am going to stay in the area for three days. It is currently a bit drizzly , the first rain of the trip. I went grocery shopping and back at camp. I will take it easy tonight and see what tomorrow brings. There are about 10 waterfalls that I can hike to so that is next on the list unless it rains tomorrow. The mosquitoes here are not nearly as vicious.Read more
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Day 4
Monday, June 10, 2019 at 2:47 PM
⛅ 48 °F
Altitude: 614 ft
United States Grand Marais United Methodist Church 46.670184, -85.98390946°40’13” N 85°59’2” W
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Grand Marais, MI
June 10, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Woke up to rain and wind. Finally cleared out so out exploring Picture rocks national lakeshore. I am at the northeast edge and will work my way back to camp.
The first site was Sable Falls which was right around the corner from the what was called log slide. Apparently they used to drop logs over this sand dune to slide into Lake Superior to be then shipped.Read more
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Day 4
Monday, June 10, 2019 at 4:44 PM
☀️ 52 °F
Altitude: 587 ft
United States Au Sable Point 46.673417, -86.1465546°40’24” N 86°8’48” W
Au Sable lighthouse
June 10, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
3.2 mile walk along the shoreline to this lighthouse. The sound of the waves crashing on the rocks was just like being along a rocky beach in California. It was a wonderful walk in the woods.
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Day 4
Monday, June 10, 2019 at 5:51 PM
☀️ 61 °F
Altitude: 781 ft
United States Miners Falls 46.474654, -86.5310646°28’29” N 86°31’52” W
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Miners Falls
June 10, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
The last stop along the land tour of Picture Rocks was a 1.5 mile hike to Miners Falls, They did not mention the stairs down to the viewing site but was well worth the effort. Another interesting walk in the wood with really cute little blue flowers everywhere. The falls have been spectacular due to the all of the rain in the past few weeks. Luckily this area of the UP does not seem to have quite the mosquito hatching. I earned a dinner in town and a local beer, Laughing Fish, Not sure where some of the beer names come from .Read more
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Day 5
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 9:00 AM
☀️ 54 °F
Altitude: 584 ft
United States Powell Point 46.441348, -86.67729946°26’29” N 86°40’38” W
Munising Tourist Park Campground.
June 11, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 54 °F
Woke up this morning to a gorgeous day. This is the campground I have been staying at that is owned and run by the city of Munising.
The photos are from sunset last night and the calmness of the lake today Yesterday we had white caps on the lake, it seemed to want to be an ocean. Pretty impressive.Read more
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Day 5
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 1:20 PM
☀️ 66 °F
Altitude: 1,007 ft
United States Laughing Whitefish Falls 46.393067, -87.06676246°23’35” N 87°4’0” W
Laughing Whitefish scenic area
June 11, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
GPS and I struggled to find this one, had to resort to a paper map. It was worth the effort.
Another beautiful walk in the woods. this was sort of an odd waterfall, it went of 100 ft of small granite steps. Really pretty and quite noisy.Read more
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Day 5
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 5:44 PM
☀️ 66 °F
Altitude: 699 ft
United States Munising Falls 46.422775, -86.62152846°25’22” N 86°37’18” W
Munising Falls
June 11, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Ok my first dry waterfall. The hike had a detour due to a washout and the falls apparently moved to another location. Well it was a nice walk in the woods.
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Day 5
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 7:57 PM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 627 ft
United States Munising 46.425249, -86.66156846°25’31” N 86°39’42” W
Muldoon's Pasty shop
June 11, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Ok Aaron Klenke told me about passties. It apparently is an Northern Michigan thing. They are like a pot pie but the crust is thicker and not soupy inside. I had a veggie one with potato, onion, carrot and broccoli. Rather tasty I was told they usually have gravy poured over them. But the story is that they were made for coal miners , wrapped in newspaper, put under their hat to stay warm, and eaten for lunch. So not sure about the gravy. I still need to look up the reason for the name. It was good, and Now will have to try them in a few other spots to see if they are the same everywhere.
Moving on sometime tomorrow but weather report is a bit crappy so not sure when.Read more
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Day 6
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 2:18 PM
🌧 55 °F
Altitude: 640 ft
United States Cedar River 45.40359, -87.3647145°24’13” N 87°21’53” W
JD Wells State park
June 12, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 55 °F
So rained all last night, slowed up a bit this morning so headed south. Arrived a bit ago and not raining but just started up. I was told Escanaba was the best place for pasties. Stopped and picked one up, now for a warm lunch. Rain slowed up mid afternoon so went for a walk in the woods. Then wandered the beach. Really pretty and hard to imagine it as just a lake.Read more
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Day 7
Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 12:47 PM
🌫 61 °F
Altitude: 577 ft
United States Green Bay 45.392832, -87.36903445°23’34” N 87°22’9” W
JD Wells State Park
June 13, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 61 °F
What a beautiful sunrise over the lake. Very pretty morning and had a nice time eating breakfast with this view. Headed to Washington Island with Betsy's grocery list to take care of along the way. Arrived on the island about 4pm .Read more
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Day 8
Friday, June 14, 2019 at 11:21 AM
🌧 52 °F
Altitude: 545 ft
United States Hog Island 45.347074, -86.86744345°20’49” N 86°52’3” W
Betsy's House
June 14, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 52 °F
Arrived yesterday afternoon. The ferry ride was a bit choppy due to some winds but sunny. Betsy is having a few issues at the house due to a really cold and long winter. So we are getting to visit with plumbers and electrician. I am enjoying the white pelicans in the lake, and the fox that ran across the backyard.
Woke up this morning to sunshine and coffee by the lake. But raining now and will work on unpacking and organizing. I did get in an hour bike ride so the rain is ok.
Photo is Betsy's backyard.Read more
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Day 11
Monday, June 17, 2019 at 12:24 AM
🌙 45 °F
Altitude: 607 ft
United States South Point 45.341991, -86.86754545°20’31” N 86°52’3” W
Washington, WI
June 17, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 45 °F
Had a gorgeous day so went paddling, Betsy tried to get the dog situated but she just did not go for it. The lake is so clear that I watched the catfish on the bottom.
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Day 13
Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 7:28 PM
🌧 55 °F
Altitude: 617 ft
United States Town of Pines 41.670927, -86.98286641°40’15” N 86°58’58” W
Dunewoods campgrounds
June 19, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 55 °F
So found Indiana Dunes National lakeshore after a horrendous route from Betsy s place to here. Lots of construction and the GPS sent me on an adventure driving down Lakeshore Drive in Chicago. All is well and dinner is waiting, photos tomorrowRead more
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Day 14
Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 9:14 AM
☁️ 57 °F
Altitude: 587 ft
United States Dune Acres 41.65314, -87.09603541°39’11” N 87°5’46” W
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
June 20, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Went for a walk along the shoreline. It was very interesting. Once again another lake that thinks it is an ocean. The waves were huge. They have a bizarre display of 5 houses that were moved to this area after the 1933 World Fair. They were the houses of the future for the average family Now they are privately owned and being restored. The 1933 Worlds Fair was in Chicago so the houses were floated down to this location.Read more
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Day 14
Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 11:19 AM
☁️ 57 °F
Altitude: 584 ft
United States Beverly Shores 41.679685, -86.98188141°40’47” N 86°58’55” W
The underwater path
June 20, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
So the walk this morning was about 5 miles, the last part was to explore a possible bike trail for tomorrow if the sun comes out. It was a bit of a mistake since it was all under water. But I saw turkeys!!Read more
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Day 14
Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 12:44 PM
⛅ 90 °F
Altitude: 20 ft
United States Ladyfinger Lake 26.447145, -82.05078226°26’50” N 82°3’3” W
bailey homestead
June 20, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 90 °F
Built in 1835. Decided to take another walk. Very wet walk, rained alot yesterday
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Day 15
Friday, June 21, 2019 at 8:49 AM
☀️ 61 °F
Altitude: 643 ft
United States Mount Baldy 41.708594, -86.93301341°42’31” N 86°55’59” W
Mt. Baldy sand dune
June 21, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
What a difference a day makes!! Sunny and no wind. On a bike ride and found a bunch of sand.
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Day 16
Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 8:29 PM
☁️ 73 °F
Altitude: 495 ft
United States Bledsoe Creek Camping State Park 36.377081, -86.35545436°22’37” N 86°21’20” W
Bledsoe creek state park
June 22, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
I had a wonderful visit yesterday with some friends from Baton Rouge. They now live in Harrison, Ohio. They have a beautiful home that is truly nestled in the country.
Moved on this morning to Tennessee. Had a pretty good thunderstorm when I arrived but clear now and aye dinner outside with Lightening bugs.Read more
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Day 18
Monday, June 24, 2019 at 6:12 PM
⛅ 84 °F
Altitude: 75 ft
United States Shadow Lake 30.096083, -95.22042630°5’46” N 95°13’14” W
home
June 24, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Got to hot so headed home to ac.
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Trip end
June 27, 2019