Down The Road A Piece ... in a 5th wheel: Our summer get away is winding down.

We left on Monday July 14 and headed north to Traverse City, Michigan and stayed at Timber Ridge RV park for the next three days. We didn't do a whole lot since we were just glad to get away and chill out. We had camp fires, which I really like, and did some site seeing around the area. We had been here before but it was still nice to come back and see things again.

After Traverse City we headed north across the Mackinaw Bridge to St Ignace, Michigan where we stayed another three days. While there we took the ferry over to Mackinaw Island and took a carriage ride around the island. Years ago we had the boys here and we rode bicycles around the island. Now we enjoyed being pulled around the island by big horses while we sat in the carriage. We also went up to the Sault Saint Marie locks and watched the boats get raised and lowered the 23 feet when moving between the two lakes while in the locks.

After St Ignace we went to Marquette, Michigan where I spent some time with an old friend and we visited Pictured Rock National Lake Shore. We took a two hour and forty minute boat ride to see the rocks but we both thought it was over hyped. We have seen so much better rock formations out west without having to spend almost three hours on a boat. You see so much advertising for this that you think you have to see it or you are really missing some spectacular scenery. If you want my opinion you should save your money.

Leaving Marquette we drove to Wisconsin where we stopped at Kewaunee which is about 30 miles east of Green Bay right on lake Michigan. We stayed at a nice campground except for the crappy tv reception. We spent one day in Green Bay where we did a tour of Lambeau Field the home of the world champion Green Bay Packer football team. While I am not a Packer fan we really had a great time seeing the Lambeau complex and having lunch at Curly's bar while we were there. The city of Green Bay is very under whelming for a city with an NFL francize. Only 104,000 people live in Green Bay while the stadium holds 80,000 people and there are 104,000 people on the waiting list to get season tickets. The "Pro Shop" which sells Packer merchandise is the largest selling sports store in either pro or college shops in the entire United States. Another day we went north to Door county which is said to be the cap cod of the mid west. We found a small hippy store that we really enjoyed. I drank a beer while we walked around the grounds admiring the work of some very creative gardeners and sculptors.

We left Kewaunee after three days and went to Caledonia, Wi. Caledonia is about 10 miles south of Milwaukee. The first day we visited the Comet bar in downtown Milwaukee which was a diner on Drive Ins Diners and Dives but the food we had was just so so. We enjoyed seeing downtown Milwaukee since we had not been there before. We enjoy the urban areas as much as the wilderness. Tomorrow we are going back to Milwaukee and doing a tour of the Miller Brewery. We enjoyed the Budweiser tour in St Louis so much we thought we would try another one. After we leave Caledonia we are heading back home on Thursday, July 31st so on Friday August 1st we can celebrate Hulio's 61st birthday. If anyone reads this please wish her a happy bday on Friday August 1st.

We forgot our camera but we did take some pictures with our phone. Here they are.

Just chillin by the fire with my buddies

The tour boat before dropping 23 feet in the locks

A big picture of one of the smaller Sault Saint Marie Locks

The tour boat above after dropping

The Mackinaw Bridge. It cost us $19 to cross with the motorhome and car. $15 for the motorhome ($5 per axle) and $4 for the car. Remember everything with my mind is in dollars and cents. Some days I'm doing good to remember my name but numbers...no problem.

When we were at Mackinaw there was a sail boat race from Chicago to Mackinaw and the boats were arriving all day long. Every time a boat would cross the finish line you would hear a horn blow.

Our spot in the Marquette Tourist campground. No 50 amp no satellite but no problem. We enjoyed watching those black and white shows that were 60 years old and the temps were in the 50's to 70's so we didn't need air conditioning.

Pictured Rock National Lake Shore. Pretty but not $39 per person pretty. I told you I think in dollars and cents. I try very hard not to but it doesn't work.