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We spent the night just across US-41 from the southern tip of Lake Superior's Keweenaw Bay at Baraga State Park. At night we could see the lights of the little town of L'Anse twinkle across the bay and in the morning the reflection of the rising sun dances on the...
We didn't learn from our first visit here. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. It's not a place to visit while towing a trailer. Next time we'll linger longer in Grand Marais or set it up in Musinging and explore sans T@B. That way we'll be able to find parking in...
Teenie Weenies Lived Here Teenie Weenies lived here. Well, actually it was William Donahey and his wife Mary Dickerson Dohaney who lived in this Pickle Barrel House for ten summers beginning in 1926 on the shore of nearby Lake Sable. William was the creator of the...
From our visit in 2012 we fondly remember Grand Marais as the location of the first gas station west of Muskallonge and a restaurant where we grabbed a meal before hurrying off to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. This time we lingered a little. Now we can...
We are traveling CR-407 from Muskallonge to Grand Marais. Shall we say it's not a smooth road? We're doing more shaking and rattling than rolling at our 15 mpg pace. We drove this route in September 2012 but our recollections of that experience focus on a...
Incredible Blue Skies! What gorgeous weather! We have spent the whole day here at Muskallonge Lake State Park. In fact we didn't even unhitch the T@B when we arrived yesterday. We've been enjoying deliciously warm temperatures, crisp winds, and clear sapphire skies....
We arrived at Muskallonge Lake State Park early enough this afternoon to enjoy the last couple hours of the Eighth Annual Muskallonge Rock Show featuring Lake Superior agates. We browsed our way through several booths, talked with...
The little community of Paradise is just north of the mouth of the Tahquamenon River and east of Tahquamenon Falls on MI-123. We go through Paradise to get to anywhere up here and is the location for any of the services in the area. One gas station, two mini grocery...
They are the largest waterfalls entirely in the United States east of the Mississippi River. (Niagara is larger but is shared with Canada.) Tahquamenon Falls, actually two sets of falls, are also notable for the color of the water spilling over the falls, tannins from...
In the Spring of 1976 we were captivated by Gordon Lightfoot's ballad, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The FM station that we listened to in the morning played it just about the same time every day and we would pause to listen to him sing the story of the fate of...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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The two of us left from üCamp on the 20th of last month to begin our 2021 Summer Ramble and over the course of thirty days had had adventures in just three states. From eastern central Ohio we'd traveled and explored parts of Indiana then on to Illinois. At Starved...
After our short hike to the top of Starved Rock, we headed into the nearby town of Ottawa, Illinois. After learning that the museum we wanted to visit was closed on Tuesdays, we headed to our real destination, Bill Polancic's Meats. Independent food emporiums like...
More than once we heard that if we're headed north, we ought to consider Starved Rock State Park. We were warned to go mid-week since it's crowded with Chicagoans on the weekend. We checked the website for the campground and noticed a large number of first-come,...