We are back in Wisconsin again, in the town of Bayfield. We came here so we would have an opportunity to visit the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. The Apostle Islands consists of 22 islands and are know for their impressive…
Pictured Rocks Driving and Hiking
Today we decided to drive through the parts of Painted Rocks National Lakeshore that you can access via road and to take some short hikes. Got a little later start that we planned as our neighbor came over to chat.…
Pictured Rock National Lakeshore
We have now moved back into Michigan after spending hours and hours driving along side corn fields and what looks to be potatoes growing. Wisconsin is also full of diary farms and some cranberry bogs. We don’t normally drive long…
Alma Center RV park
We have been staying at a RV park in Alma Center/Hixton, Wisconsin. It is one of the prettiest parks we have ever stayed in while traveling. It is beautifully landscaped and the area where we are parked is built up…
Lock and Dam #4 in Alma
After touring the flour mill we drove to Alma, Wisconsin where we were able to observe Lock and Dam #4 in operation. At first we got to see lots of small pleasure boats going through the locks to get around…
Dell Mill in Augusta, Wisconsin
Today we toured an old flour mill called the Dell Mill in Augusta, Wisconsin. The mill was built in in 1864 and is no longer in operation. It was purchased about one year ago by a new owner who would…
Wisconsin Dells
We spent Friday in Wisconsin Dells, they call themselves the Waterpark Capital of the World. They are the typical tourist town, with all the same activities you see in other tourist towns with the addition of all the indoor and…
Traverse City
We have been staying at a RV park in Traverse City while visiting Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. While here we learned about a game I have never heard of before. It is galled GaGa. It is sort of like…
Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore
We have now moved from St. Ignace to Traverse City so we can visit Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. On Saturday evening we were scheduled to take a shoreline cruise to view the lakeshore from the water perspective. We drove…
Parks and People
We have spent the last few days just sight seeing in the area of Mackinac. We had been to Mackinac City years ago so we just did a quick visit there and then went south to try and find a…