Michigan 2023

Back to Michigan for the summer. Going back to Fayetteville to visit Aunt Chris. Then to Traverse for the summer at Holiday Park RV campground もっと詳しく

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2023年4月26日
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2023年4月26日水曜日 22:29
🌙 72 °F
海抜: 518 フィート
アメリカ Edison 35.343334, -118.87938335°20’36” N 118°52’46” W
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Home to Bakersfield
2023年4月26日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 72 °F
Long day! Finished packing house up for the summer, hoping to have renters at some point. 🤞
Almost hated to leave, spring is in full swing and definitely headed to summer. Probably was in the 80s when we left. Daffodils in full bloom, tulips haven't even opened. No dogwood blooms at all, maybe too dry last summer or too cold this winter?
Got off later than we hoped, stopped at velascos and had late lunch. We were starving and ready for some food.
Ran a couple of errands in Fresno and on the road by 5. Got to Orange Grove RV about 7:15. Walked Charlie, enjoyed the smell of orange blossoms, cooked dinner and had to drink my wine without ICE !? HOW could I forget ICE?もっと詳しく
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旅行者Hopefully you were able to rectify the ice problem!!!
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旅行者 I bet the orange blossoms smelled heavenly 😇
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旅行者Funny you mentioned your dogwood....ours is "trying" to bloom, it seems late in the spring than normal. Also not very prolific. However, my azaleas are absolutely laden with blooms!
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旅行者our dogwoods didn't even have the little buds.... glad to hear about your azealas! our rhododendron was pretty well crushed, had to cut it back quite a bit and nose it is pouring out lots of new growth. will be interesting to see how it looks end of summer
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旅行者I miss the smell of orange blossoms!
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2023年4月27日木曜日 12:44
☀️ 66 °F
海抜: 6,808 フィート
アメリカ Gonzalez Lake 35.264097, -112.19493735°15’51” N 112°11’42” W
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450 miles to Williams
2023年4月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Wow, a LONG day on the road! We didn't wake up until 7:30 those morning, so quick cup of coffee, some powdered donuts, meds, teeth brushed, and we hit the road.
Hwy 58 was thick with traffic, but we always enjoy this drive over Tehachapi. Nice and green, not a lot of wildflowers, maybe too late?
Gas in Tehachapi, plus cinnamon rolls for tomorrow's breakfast!
Out across Mojave, and got on 40 east. Pretty 🥵, but keeping the windows open for some natural AC!
(There is no such thing as RV dash air conditioning no matter what they tell you)
Stopped in Ludlow ( old route 66 stop) to make lunch. Crossed the Colorado, very FULL! and into Arizona.
Arizona Interstate 40 is terrible! Pot holes and poorly completed repairs (?) resulted in a very trying day. I was driving and frankly tried to drive on the white line at the side to find a smoother surface. Then drove in the fast lane because it wasn't as worn out as the slow lane. The faster traffic did not understand our decision....
Had hoped to get to Flagstaff, but finally gave up at Williams and pulled of the road at about 5:30.
Pulled into a Love's, took a deep breath and poured a glass of wine. Nice evening, cool and dark. Too bad the trucks never turn their engines off.
Tom, Charlie and Frank exhausted.もっと詳しく
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旅行者 I’d say that Frankie looks pretty dang comfortable!!
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旅行者 Sleeping like a baby!
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旅行者 Sleeping like Tom!! 😁
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2023年4月28日金曜日
☀️ 63 °F
海抜: 6,096 フィート
アメリカ Bibos Station Water Well 35.079008, -107.55780135°4’44” N 107°33’28” W
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Williams to Sky City casino
2023年4月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Nice drive out of Williams, almost reminds me of 395 around Mammoth. Very little under growth and just lots of pines. But at some point we lose the pines and it becomes low scrubs and then eventually turns into pinyon pines. Stopped and made some lunch at the Petrified Forest National Park. Very windy. Looking at the park map, I don't think we have ever actually finished the park drive, although the last time we were in the area I think we were at the other end of the park drive. Maybe one day we will just actually do the drive. Tom took over driving and we arrived at the Sky City Casino and paid for full hook ups, plus an option to wash my hair in a real shower!もっと詳しく
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旅行者Living the good life! A real shower! Ahhh… ☺️
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旅行者It’s probably too warm to really want to tour the Petrified Forest, we did it in November & it still got a bit warm on our one longer walk.
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旅行者So you are off to Michigan again! Hope it is a great trip and a great summer!
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旅行者thanks!
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Looks like a police station. [Michael]
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2023年4月29日土曜日 18:00
☀️ 75 °F
海抜: 3,625 フィート
アメリカ City of Amarillo 35.194266, -101.81145635°11’39” N 101°48’41” W
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All the way thru New Mexico
2023年4月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Pretty cool over the evening. We accidentally left a couple off windows open (behind the shades) and it was 51 ° in the RV. Hard to get it of bed when it's that cool.
Emptied our waste and filled up with water anticipating more parking lot overnighters. Back on 40 east.
Quick stop in Santa Rosa at the Route 66 car museum to make lunch. It didn't look that good so just took some pics of the older cars outside. NM has a pretty consistent look, gentle rolling hills, dry grass and lots, and lots, and lots of pinyon pines. Did not take a single picture of one. Fact: it is the state tree of NM.
Tom did the afternoon drive, crossed over in to Texas which looks totally unlike NM. Not a tree to be seen, and of course (as those who have spent a lot of time in Texas) the wind turbines!
Quick detour to the tiny town of Adrian. It is physically the mid point of route 66 between Los Angeles and Chicago. (I-40 is Route 66, at least most of it)
Then on into Amarillo for an overnight at the ubiquitous "Cracker Barrel" restaurant found near interstates and highways in most states. Dinner was okay, but pretty inexpensive! And a free overnight. (No power or water)
Took a nice walk after dinner with the pup down to the American Quarter Horse museum. Looked nice, but clearly was closed.もっと詳しく
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旅行者 Sort of looks like Adrian exists because it’s the 1/2 way point… looks kind of empty & desolate…
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旅行者exactly!
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旅行者 I remember seeing countless miles of windmills in Texas on my drives through there. I think Texas is the number 1 producer of wind energy in the country. ?? 🧐
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2023年4月30日日曜日 20:16
⛅ 63 °F
海抜: 1,263 フィート
アメリカ Valley Brook 35.417697, -97.48734835°25’4” N 97°29’14” W
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Kind of like Oklahoma
2023年4月30日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Tom started the drive today while I researched housing (well maybe I should say "parking") options for tonight. We thought showers might be nice before arriving on Aunt Chris's footsteps tomorrow, so wanted an RV Park.
Again another beautiful day! Our timing (weather-wise) has been fabulous... No rain, no storms, no blistering heat... And no tornados!
Pulled off 40 at Shamrock, Texas because they have a great little Route 66 site, the Conoco Tower gas station and then U-Drop Inn cafe. Very distinctive and very well maintained. Really glad we made this quick stop.
Then grabbed lunch at a cute little diner, the Farmhouse Cafe. I had to order the classic patty melt, it just felt like an appropriate choice on Route 66.
Switched drivers and headed on into Oklahoma City. We actually enjoyed the drive, roads were a little bit better and the landscape and topography seemed more interesting than Texas. Overnighting at the Roadrunner RV Park, not bad for a park in the middle of an urban area. Still about 4 miles from downtown center. Nice walk with the pup and then reheated leftovers from our Cracker Barrel dinner the night before!もっと詳しく
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旅行者You find the most interesting stops and RV parks....
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旅行者 I’m super glad that you didn’t need the storm cellars! Equal parts disturbing & reassuring!
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旅行者Kristi’s right, you truly know how to make the journey interesting! You have taken to heart it’s the journey, not just the destination!
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2023年5月1日月曜日
☀️ 64 °F
海抜: 1,447 フィート
アメリカ Root Park 36.085006, -94.142436°5’6” N 94°8’33” W
Visit with Aunt Chris
2023年5月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
The next several entries are sort of a multiple day "catch up" entries, so the details will be vague! Monday was our last drive day before arriving at Fayetteville. Just maintained our course, East on 40....quick lunch break somewhere out in the middle of nowhere, Loves Truck stop and they actually had a fenced soutth park Soo Charlie could be off leash!
Pulled into Chris's house about 3:30pm, RV and all. We unloaded some of our overnight items, puppy stuff, and took RV over to Shari's.
Back to Chris's and we all met Shari and Abby at Eastside Grille for great dinner ands conversation. (No pics!)もっと詳しく
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旅行者No pictures, except the ones in your mind, they go wonderfully with your memories!!
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2023年5月3日水曜日 11:48
☀️ 66 °F
海抜: 1,302 フィート
アメリカ Tontitown 36.176471, -94.21820236°10’35” N 94°13’6” W
It's spring, let's shop!
2023年5月3日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Slow morning for Tom and I, Chris of course is up by 6:30 with here homr health aide, Nissa. I didn't even hear her come in; we were sleeping pretty soundly.
We all really enjoyed a long "devo" phone call with Cindy. Especially long because we got to hear about her trip to visit Adam and Rachel. Sounded great.
So with no pressing plans, we all drove up to Rogers to check out the At Home store. Chris's patio pillows and cushions really needed to be replaced and we figured they would have a big selection. We were not disappointed. The store was huge and we had a LOT of important decisions. We finally left the store at about 2 with at least a dozen different pillows and sizes. We needed a large flat cart to get them out to the car, but with the wind blowing, it looked like a a comedy sketch as we tried to load them.
We had a late, late lunch at a nearby restaurant Chris recommended, Jose's and it was Taco Tuesday! As many tacos as you could eat, plus rice and beans for $10.99. We literally rolled out of there, great food!
Home by 4 or so, Chris took a short break and went to her first PEO meeting in over a year. A friend picked her up and she had a great time seeing old friends.
Meanwhile Tom and I just grazed through her refrig for dinner.もっと詳しく
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旅行者I wish there was a little video of you chasing after the pillows 😄
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What is a PEO meeting? [Michael]
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旅行者PEO stands for Philanthropic Educational Organization. It is a large national organization that helps women advance through education through various programs like scholarships. It started back in Iowa, so many active chapters are found in the mid- west.
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2023年5月3日水曜日
☀️ 59 °F
海抜: 679 フィート
アメリカ Indian Oaks 41.170806, -87.84946441°10’15” N 87°50’58” W
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More shopping!
2023年5月3日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
We had a busy day! I got up earlier this time too make sure little Zoe got to the vet in time for her dental work. Teeth cleaning and possible extractions, (which she did have one).
Dropped Zoe off, devo with Cindy, and then Chris's and I headed back to At Home too make some "adjustments" to let pillow selections. Also picked up a few other (necessary!) "accessories" for her home. Had to grab burgers to good soon that we had time to get back to Fayetteville for 2:15 wound clinic visit. They completely unwrap and photo her amputated leg, observe it for healing and then re-wrap her leg. Doctor and nurse both thought it was looking healthier. Chris's and I were really encouraged.
Back home just inn time too pick up Zoe, then arrived home to meet with friends, Barbara and Jan for visit.
Chris's finally took short nap before a delicious dinner out with Shari and Andy at Mermaids. Excellent. Great calamari, I had a fabulous shrimp and chicken salad and a cocktail that I had never had, a French 75. Very good, like a lemon drop, but not as sweet. We just asked a great time talking and laughing! Home and a scramble to give the pups their treats and get into bed!もっと詳しく
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旅行者Just am so impressed about how much dies get done. Sounds like Chris is making fabulous progress! Glad to hear about her first PEO meeting - must have been a wonderful reunion for all! I'm hoping they have made the patio door threshold wheel-chair accessible so she can outside to enjoy her patio and new pillows!
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旅行者Glad to hear about the doctor visit too!
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旅行者What a good & busy day!! I’m so pleased to read that Chris’s recovery is going so well 🥰
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2023年5月4日木曜日 10:03
☀️ 59 °F
海抜: 679 フィート
アメリカ Indian Oaks 41.170796, -87.8494741°10’15” N 87°50’58” W
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We had to say goodbye
2023年5月4日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
Well we decided a full two days was way too short. (Our first day of work it's fast approaching...Tuesday!) I still had a little time in the morning before we drove off. And Chris sand I managed to fill it out as well. Or days was so busy yesterday we never got by the pharmacy to fill dinner prescriptions. So after getting a little laundry going and breakfast, we headed out to her pharmacy shop, which is one of those nicer ones that have some cute gift items to peruse while you wait.
We both found some "much needed" items. Actually they were gifts that Chris's needed to get, so then we had to get them wrapped. It is remarkable that we didn't most off the morning at the pharmacy!
It was getting close to lunch so we picked up some good old subway wraps and we all sat down for lunch before Tom and I took off on the road
It was, as ALWAYS, a great visit and excellent weather.
Finally got the road about 1 or so, and the rain began. Not bad though. We got as far as St. Roberts and did stay overnight at Walmart. Quiet, small town, flat parking areaもっと詳しく
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旅行者 Love this little sign....
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旅行者 Great pic! This perspective makes Zoey look so "big"!
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旅行者 I agree! So glad you finally got a pic togethet!
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2023年5月5日金曜日 12:19
🌧 50 °F
海抜: 869 フィート
アメリカ Holiday Park Campgrounds 44.669162, -85.68255744°40’9” N 85°40’57” W
Driving Illinois
2023年5月5日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 50 °F
Today was just about getting the miles in. Or typical drive day starts with me driving in the am and Tom in afternoon. I got in about 3 hours and we're crossed into Illinois. Weather great, road conditions varied, but mostly better today.
Lunch at a rest stop, and Charlie"play" time. She used a much improved traveler over last year. Once we get going she finds a spot to her liking and sleeps!
Tool a little longer route that put us southeast of Chicago and stayed overnight at a Cracker Barrel in Bourbonaise. Nice very quiet, we were the only overnighters at this location.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Always love following your journeys, but I have to let you know, the location of your footprints is kind of messed up. You can edit your post to correct, if you want...
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旅行者I’m glad the weather was good for your trip 😊 It was just a couple of days ago there was a big dust storm, & tragically a many, many car pile up on 55! 😢 The “travel gods” are with you!! 🚐😁
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2023年5月6日土曜日 20:29
海抜: 869 フィート
アメリカ Cox Pond 44.669144, -85.68251544°40’9” N 85°40’57” W
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Home for the summer
2023年5月6日, アメリカ
Again just another long drive day so that we could be in Traverse on Saturday. Work starts Tuesday so Tom (and I) really wanted to have 2 days to get settled in.
Getting thru the suburbs of Chicago a little tedious, we routed ourselves to avoid toll roads, so ended up on a couple of rough highways. But we saved 50 cents!
We drove the little north western corner of islands you finally arrive at the Michigan Welcome center.
Interstate road conditions much better and had a nice drive. Late lunch and had stop near Grand Rapids. Pulled into park at about 6 pm. It felt good going to bed knowing were didn't have to wake up to another day of driving!もっと詳しく
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旅行者 Welcome "home"! Funny they gave you the exact same spot.....are the holes Charlie dug still there?😄
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旅行者Yes, the remants of where she dug!
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2023年5月7日日曜日
☁️ 61 °F
海抜: 915 フィート
アメリカ Cox Pond 44.6709, -85.673744°40’15” N 85°40’25” W
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Summer summary, May
2023年5月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
Had a family and friends filled summer! Parked in site #181 at the Holiday Park Campground just south of Traverse City. Work schedule was typically Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. The last couple of months included some Mondays for me, so we always had weekends free.
We were here just in time to attend several awards ceremonies for Spencer, watch him present in the High School "Pitch" contest, and share Tom's bday with family! Posting just a few photos for each month ❤️ with the next foot printsもっと詳しく
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旅行者 This is hysterical! Would he write stuff like this each week? 🤣
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旅行者No, but every now and then...one day it had 2 check off boxes to "bitch slap" Tom. I checked one of....😂
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旅行者 Such a beautiful state flower!
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2023年6月1日木曜日
⛅ 88 °F
海抜: 909 フィート
アメリカ Cox Pond 44.671093, -85.67345544°40’16” N 85°40’24” W
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Summer Summary, June
2023年6月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
It's graduation time! Lots of family came out to celebrate!
But it was also Shannon's birthday, Jeff and Ami's wedding, Fathers Day, and our anniversary!
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旅行者 Love dad’s face here. Such joy
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旅行者 Cute family pic!
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2023年7月1日土曜日
☁️ 84 °F
海抜: 909 フィート
アメリカ Cox Pond 44.671093, -85.67345544°40’16” N 85°40’24” W
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Summer summary, July
2023年7月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F
This was sort of a month of mini vacations for us. Cobbs (plus friends) all headed up to Marquette (Upper Peninsula) for a week of camping, biking and hiking. Tom and I joined for an extended weekend, but elected to hotel it and leave the pets at home. Kind of glad we weren't tenting it because we had periodic rainstorms throughout the visit. Regardless we had time for bike riding around the city, hiking Sugarloaf, farmers market, and time on the rivers edge at the Cobbs campground.
Later that month we took our bikes and drove over to Boyne Mt to check out the Skybridge. Then biked into Boyne City which is the other end of lake Charlevoix. Nice paved ride, 6 miles out and back.もっと詳しく
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旅行者 This sort of says “don’t take my picture” 🙃
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旅行者 Followed by, “take this picture!” 😁
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旅行者 You ought to enter this picture in a corgi photo contest!
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2023年8月15日火曜日 18:39
☀️ 73 °F
海抜: 909 フィート
アメリカ Cox Pond 44.671093, -85.67345544°40’16” N 85°40’24” W
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2023年8月15日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
August did not disappoint! Lots of Cali friends for the Cobbs, but we got to see them all as well. Barbie movie event was lots of fun and even Tom dressed up, borrowing clothes from Jeff. Park hosted a Kids Day event and Spencer and Siena joined us, tie-dye, rock painting and more.
We all got together to say goodbye to Spencer as he leaves for college with a big pot luck dinner at the Cobbs. Day trip to Suttons Bay and Leland with a stop at 9 Bean Row for croissants. (These are my favorite gift shopping cities.) As the month came to an end we got a chance to watch Sienna play in a hockey match and a final weekend that included breakfast with Shannon at the Commons, a wonderful bike ride around Boardman Lake, and lunch with all the remaining Cobbs up top at Indigo.
Spent the last part of August with some work days and a couple of days to repack before we start the drive home.
One final dinner out with our family at Burrow restaurant. I can't believe we didn't stop and get a final pic!もっと詳しく
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旅行者2023 summer in Michigan looks like a great time 🥰
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旅行者I was kicking myself after dinner for not taking a picture! We were having too much fun 😜❤️
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2023年9月1日金曜日
🌬 75 °F
海抜: 587 フィート
アメリカ Powell Point 46.441205, -86.6765846°26’28” N 86°40’36” W
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2023年9月1日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
We were pretty well packed up yesterday, but had lots of good byes this morning! There 4 couples we have spent the last 3 summers with, and then some new friends from this summer. Even though we are coming back we are sure it will be a visit only without being work campers.
Beautiful day for a drive! Had to keep our hands firmly on the wheel because it was breezy! Headed up to the mighty Mac, and over the UP to Munising which is on the south shore of Superior. Superior is the greatest of all the Great lakes and has a different feel then lake Michigan. Probably just because not so many people live or vacation here. The shoreline is classic Michigan look...
Have always wanted to stay at this particular park-its right on the shore. We didn't get a spot on the water (it is Labor Day weekend!) But certainly had views of the lake. Sites a little rough, but they all had w/e.
Still very windy, but able to have lake time with Charlie!もっと詳しく
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旅行者 Grass looks pretty good this summer!
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旅行者I’m sure that your Holiday Park friends will be missing you both! And some of the pups will be missing Charlie!!
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旅行者 The Mackinac Bridge is so pretty, & great views too! But the lanes look a little narrow 😬
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2023年9月2日土曜日
☀️ 82 °F
海抜: 617 フィート
アメリカ Houghton City Park 47.120164, -88.58907347°7’13” N 88°35’21” W
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2023年9月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Got off the slow start this morning- Tom woke up feeling pretty crummy. And worse yet?? No COFFEE! OMG.
Totally forgot to stop and get some. Tore apart RV; no tea bags, no grounds, not even hot cocoa mix...how could I not have anything?
Fortunately (for Tom) I did not drink all my coffee yesterday so I could microwave some for him. Yuck!

Repacked RV and hit the road.
Nice drive through the UP, color just starting, with small clumps of orange and even red peeking out.

Got to our RV Park in Houghton, right on the Portage Lake canal. Houghton is such a cute older, town on the Keweenaw peninsula. It sits on one side of Portage Lake with Hancock on the other side. It skinnies down to a wide canal with only a single lift bridge to get to the other side.

Since Tom was still not feeling well, I met Spencer and we toured the campus and his dorm. Just enjoyed walking (in spite of the 90° weather) and having him talk about his classes and all the resources they offer the students. Quick trip to Walmart for yet another fan for his room, they have no AC!
Then we drove out to the RV to spend time chatting with Tom. We were going to go out, but decided to order take out pizza from the Ambassador and ate in the RV. Quick drive back to his dorm to drop him off.
Note: I have NO pictures of the town, campus or Spencer!!? Huge fail. Am including one of the bridge I downloaded, and a couple from Shannon when she dropped him off at school. Just was not thinking...🤔もっと詳しく
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旅行者It’s because you had no coffee! That’s like running out of TP… 😂 I think my first stop, after letting Tom finish off yesterday’s re-warmed coffee 🥴, I would have looked for a coffee shop!
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旅行者 Pretty views 😊
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旅行者I agree Linley…. No coffee! Here in Italy, impossible to not have caffe available at every corner and in between….coffee is never a problem!😀
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2023年9月3日日曜日
☀️ 90 °F
海抜: 633 フィート
アメリカ Duluth Harbor Marina 46.773453, -92.09275446°46’24” N 92°5’34” W
Lakehead Boat Basin
2023年9月3日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
Second stop was the visitor center for the Northern Great Lakes. I left Charlie and Tom in the RV for nap time with the generator still running so they could have some cool air. Nice exhibit, and the AC in the center was in great condition!
Another couple of hours and we were in Duluth. We stayed here once before and I really liked it so we came back. We are parked in a marina just down from the lift bridge in this town. We get to see some really big freighters going by and then watch the bridge raise up to allow them to clear. Even most sail boats require the bridge to lift. Weather was miserably hot and humid. Showered, dinner, bed. End of day thank goodness.もっと詳しく
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旅行者I liked Duluth, but we were lucky when we visited & it wasn’t too hot or humid! Remember waking to a huge storm & watching it come across the lake in the middle of the night!
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2023年9月4日月曜日
☀️ 82 °F
海抜: 581 フィート
アメリカ Tischer Creek 46.815159, -92.05174446°48’55” N 92°3’6” W
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2023年9月4日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Took it pretty easy this Labor Day Monday. Was able to finally have nice phone visit with Cindy and Chris, life update and devo time. Then spent quite a bit of time getting a hold of KP advice nurse who then connects you with a doctor who makes final diagnosis and recommendations. Then had to confirm a local pharmacy that would take California call in prescription. Then back to advice nurse who then sendd message to our actual doc in Fresno who calls in order. A little convoluted process, especially on Labor Day!

Finally solved most of that and headed out to do a little sightseeing on my own. I visited the Glensheen Mansion which is located on the north shore drive of Lake Superior. Beautiful brick mansion, carriage house, gardeners cottage, boathouse and grounds. Just spent the afternoon wandering and enjoying this self-guided tour. It was built in the very early 1900s, and most furniture and accessories are original to the house since the family still lived there until 1977. It actually has a sort of bizarre back story with one of the daughters and maid being murdered.

Checked on prescription, still not ready, pharmacy closed early because of holiday....arrrgh. Back to RV and just enjoyed viewing the lights of the bridge and town from our spot in the Marina.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Fabulous pictures!!!!
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旅行者Is Tom still not feeling well? Please tell him I am thinking of him and hope he can get better soon❤️
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Lovely! [Lynn]
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2023年9月5日火曜日
☁️ 86 °F
海抜: 1,050 フィート
アメリカ County Ditch Number Three 45.569441, -94.11114745°34’10” N 94°6’40” W
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2023年9月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
Woke up to this beautiful, still morning. I never get tired of Marina views, and the reflections in the water were awesome. We dawdle around a little bit because I still had to pick Tom's prescription. Since the pharmacy was clear across town it made more sense to go by jeep. Once back we finished packing up and hooking jeep up.

We only had about 200 miles to go so I took a slightly longer route around one the larger lakes (of the 10,000 found in the state) Mille Lacs. This lake was large enough that you really couldn't see to the opposite shore. But it was a large shallow lake and just lacked the charm of the many lakes in Michigan. (It almost seemed like Minnesota's version of Clear Lake, but with a flat wooded topography.) Nice cool day for traveling and had some rain.

Grabbed some lunch at McDonald's and finished the day driving into St. Cloud. This fairly good size city is about 45 miles north of Minneapolis. Just seemed liked a nice quiet park to leave Tom and the RV. Only drawback is no cable, just weak over the air signals and relatively good wi-fi so Tom could stream some TV shows. Should have checked ammenties more closely!?

Nicely spaced sites...and even though slightly older park, it has been well maintained! Individual restroom and shower set up as opposed to large gender specific restroom/ shower rooms. Lots of nice walking areas for Charlieもっと詳しく
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旅行者Such great pictures, what a beautiful part of the country!
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Nice marina pictures, the water looks like glass! [Lollie 💜]
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2023年9月6日水曜日
☁️ 64 °F
海抜: 1,050 フィート
アメリカ County Ditch Number Three 45.5694, -94.111145°34’10” N 94°6’40” W
Temp home for Tom
2023年9月6日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Cool morning to start our day. Since Tom has come down I have been testing myself reach morning for Covid. Still negative!

We don't have a huge agenda today, but want to make sure I am all set for flying to California tomorrow. Tackled shuttle arrangements, we practiced driving to shuttle location (about 5 miles from park), completed laundry, bought groceries, and did a general clean out of refrigerator. (If what ever food item Tom is looking for does not appear at the front of the shelf, he won't find it! ) Also had to make some play time for Charlie!
Then needed to give some thought to what I was taking for my trip to Fresno and get packed up. It was a full day, but I did check all the boxes!もっと詳しく
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旅行者I’m so glad that you managed to catch CoVid!! We had such a great time at our 50th reunion! 🥳
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2023年9月7日木曜日 9:00
☀️ 55 °F
海抜: 1,053 フィート
アメリカ Sherwood Manor 45.553224, -94.14961745°33’12” N 94°8’59” W
Shuttle to St cloud pick up
2023年9月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F
Woke up early to actually pack the items I had laid out. Breakfast and time with Charlie. They don't have a fenced dog park, but it is pretty large and slightly isolated so I can take her off leash and get her running!

Gotta loaded into the jeep and let Tom drive using just Google maps for his navigation. He did great and we got to the pick up location about 15 min early!もっと詳しく
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2023年9月7日木曜日 13:00
☀️ 88 °F
海抜: 328 フィート
アメリカ Fresno Air Terminal Airport 36.771558, -119.71857236°46’18” N 119°43’7” W
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2023年9月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
The Shuttle with pretty full, maybe one empty seat... It's about an hour drive from here to Minneapolis airport. The whole way getting updates about delays to my flight, so by the time I got to the airport I had about 2.5 hours to spare!

Decided to go ahead and eat since my layover was getting shorter and shorter... And then finally got a notification that I was being rerouted. Final itinerary had my flying through Phoenix instead of Dallas, but ultimate arrival was only about 30 minutes later then original flight.

Linley and Clarke picked me up at airport and think I was in bed by 9:30 California time! Slept great!もっと詳しく
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旅行者So glad that you made it! 🥰
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旅行者 With a river & a lake… 😁
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旅行者I just feel like flying is becoming pretty unpredictable- schedule changes and delays seem to have become the norm…
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旅行者Well that made for a very long day!
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2023年9月8日金曜日
☀️ 95 °F
海抜: 331 フィート
アメリカ Bullard Canal 36.828909, -119.81151936°49’44” N 119°48’41” W
50th Reunion, pre-party
2023年9月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 95 °F
Slept great, but did get going so I could make a scheduled dentist appointment at 9:00 am. Then back to Linleys for some morning chat time.

Cindy picked me up and she and I met Jeanie at the Swim and Racquet club for lunch. Jeanie was going to be out of town for the weekend and this was our best chance to all get together. It was so nice catching up!

Spent the afternoon at Linleys and showered and changed for the informal pre party event at Paula DeYoung's home. Bridget came over to the house so linley and I could confirmed her attire choices...Clarke served as our chauffer for the entire weekend!

Paula has a large, beautiful home on Van Ness extension and the party was in the back yard around the pool (with fountain) and (2 story!) pool house. The event was really well attended and all three of us kind of splintered and chatted with various friends; some well remembered and some we didn't even know had graduated with us!?

Only drawback was the heat and humidity... And mosquitoes! Wow, I might have well been in Michigan! It was so warm I really didn't feel like drinking wine and pretty much stuck to water until it got dark and I finally got to the wine table. Imagine - every one you walk by, your need to stop and say "hi" to!

Clarke picked us up, and because none of us had eaten (too much talking) we (the 4 of us) went and had a late dinner at the elbow room, with AIR CONDITIONING!

Am very disappointed in myself, I have NO pictures. I think I was too busy chatting? Found some on our FB page to shareもっと詳しく
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旅行者I didn’t take any pictures either! We would have been “glowing” 🥵 but smiling too! It was a fun night!
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2023年9月9日土曜日
☀️ 95 °F
海抜: 331 フィート
アメリカ Bullard Canal 36.8289, -119.811536°49’44” N 119°48’41” W
BHS 50th Reunion
2023年9月9日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 95 °F
Wow, my mind was so stimulated from lots of conversations I could barely fall asleep. Did some reading, did some sleep meditations, I even tried watching a TV show on my phone! At 6 am just resigned to the fact I was not going to sleep; so got up and worked on Quicken...I think (maybe) I got 2 hours??
And the bigger event is tonight!
Coffee and pastries with linley and Clarke, and then Bridget joined us.

We ended up joining Jeff and Betsy Pash, Jeff's mom, the three of us and Tim Baker for lunch at San Joaquin CC. it has been So hot the night before that we all looked forward to lunch inside. Well darn, Tim decided that we all needed to eat on the patio, outside, because of the "wonderful" view of the course and river bottom!
But we did have a really nice lunch and time with Pashs... and with a nod to Kristi, I had a spritzer for lunch. Excellent!

We all showered and changed that afternoon for the reunion out at San Joaquin. Clarke dropped us off again. The reunion committee really set up the venue so nicely. Lots of effort to give it the feel of the knights! It was an inside affair, no host bar, a little entertainment, buffet dinner, and dessert table. We were hopeful for air conditioning- but either the system was a little under designed or we were one "hot" group...another event that was incredibly warm. I had to take some outside breathers (there was a tiny breeze) just to cool down a little.

But regardless of the heat, we all had a great time! I spoke to SO many more people than the first night. The attendees were all there to enjoy seeing each other again-it started at 6 and I think the group finally broke up at about 10 pm or maybe later. Our "chauffer" picked us up and took us home for a three-way (Linley, Bridget and I) debrief on the event. Fell into bed at about 1 am!

Again- I have NO pics. Downloaded some from the FB page.もっと詳しく
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旅行者It was a really fun weekend! So glad we got to spend it together 💃💃💃
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旅行者It was the 2nd fun night, & 2nd “warm” evening! I felt like I barely got to talk to people, but I. Not as good at circulating as Bridget & Kathy! Thank goodness for our debriefing later that evening!! 😂
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旅行者I'm finally getting on Penguins. Looks like you had fun at your reunion! All is fine here!
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