May 22, 2016 Sunday
Yay! We are finally
on the road again. We have spent the
last few weeks reorganizing the motor
home and getting the routine maintenance duties done and catching up with
friends and family. We set out today after
church, heading north to the Upper
Peninsula.
Although there are many routes to choose from, we had to
make a stop at Camping World in Houghton Lake on the way, so we traveled on
I-75 a lot longer than usual. However,
we were rewarded with views of the woods and roadsides carpeted with trilliums,
lupine, and marsh marigolds along the way.
I would have liked to get a picture, but snapping at 65 miles an hour
doesn’t make for very good photography.
We were able to meet with Steve and Brenda Begnoche
(Kayleigh’s other grandparents), with their 2nd granddaughter Bridget
for dinner in Indian River. They were
heading home to Ludington from their cabin in by Paradise. Wilson’s River Edge Family Restaurant served
enough food for each of us to have a couple more meals of leftovers.
Despite overcast skies and buzzing mosquitos, I got a pretty
good shot of the Mackinac Bridge from the shoreline of the Straits State
Park. We actually parked for the night
in the Welcome Center Rest Area, but there was a path to the park and
shore. Otherwise known to Michiganders
as “Mighty Mac” or simply “The Bridge”, the Mackinac Bridge is the 5th
longest suspension bridge in the world and the longest in the Western
Hemisphere. I know a few people who are terrified
of driving across it, but we love it.
Especially in a high profile vehicle like the motorhome, where you can
get a great view of the water below. If
you are lucky, a Lower Laker may be passing underneath.
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