Mackinac County

First day of driving is under our belts. Headed north to go home through the UP to try and catch the fall colors. The trees were all beginning to turn in Traverse area so figured we would have more color going north.
Our decision didn't disappoint. Everything is beginning to turn...yellows, oranges, reds, magentas. Still more color to come but we got pockets that seemed to get colder first and looked beautiful!
Started our day driving up M-22 through Charlevoix, one of my favorite lakeside towns, but did not stop. Just needed to get some miles in. Drove through Habor Springs, had hoped to have lunch at this darling town, but they were having an big fall festival... just looked too daunting to try and park our RV and the Jeep so headed on around the coast to drive the Tunnel of Trees. (M-119)
We only got about 7 or 8 miles on the road before "we" had to bail on this route and go more inland. Road is a beautiful single lane road that just barely accommodates two way traffic. They don't even have a painted middle line on the road. Tom was not having a good time, so we turned inland to find some slightly wider roads.
Stopped at a nice restaurant bar (State Road Provisions) out in the middle of nowhere (well actually it is on State Road) and shared a pretty good burger and a beer.
I took over driving to give Tom a break and got us safely across the Mackinac Bridge and into the UP. Only went about 40 miles along the coast and stopped at Hog Island State campground. We had stayed here once before, right on the lake, and knew it would accommodate the RV and Jeep. Went through a pretty strong rainstorm to get here, but we were happy to have it relatively dry when we pulled in. Just soup and salad for dinner.Leggi altro