We did not sleep much the night before, it rained and being under the forest canopy, the drippings of the rain onto the roof lasted all night. At first it was a nice sound, by 1am, not so nice. By 6am I am exhausted. But we plugged along. We were able to get out onto the road by8:30am, knowing we had a long day ahead of us, and also moving into Eastern Time Zone we knew we would loose an hour.
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| Lots of rivers and inland lakes in the Yooper |
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| All our years of travel - we have never been stopped by a train |
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| Beginning to drop down into Marquette |
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| Seeing Lake Superior when it's 'nice' |
The ride along the upper portion of the Upper Peninsula was uneventful, at times boring. Not many people live in that area. In and out of small little towns, some prosperous - figured out that tourism is the key with setting up cabins or campgrounds that would cater to the outdoors' person.
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| Campground where we stayed 8 years ago in Munising, right on Lake Superior |
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| Muldoon's Pasties - great place, introduced to pasties here |
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| The amount of kayak rental companies in Munising - amazing |
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| And the lonely road at times |
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| And always there was construction to deal with |
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| The Yooper is a very beautiful place |
Dropped down into Marquette, we remembered the view of Lake Superior in front of us as we dropped into the city. We stepped down about 1000 feet in elevation to about 500 feet. Then along Lake Superior, sometimes saw folks stopped and enjoying the chilly water. Into Munising where we saw the campground we stayed at 8 years ago and also where we were introduced to pasties - the fruit ones are delicious! The crowd of people in that town was amazing, anything to do with the water and also with Pictured Rocks National Seashore. We had taken that boat ride 8 years ago and I guess with the push of the National Parks to 'find your park' - people found out about Pictured Rocks.
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| This old road side motel is now a museum, 8 years ago it was just hanging on |
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| For sale - most waterfront properties were for sale - water too high |
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| Pasties and smoked fish are the big thing in the Upper Peninsula |
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| At the top of Lake Michigan |
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| These forest service folks were walking along the road |
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| Water encroaching, not good if you have a home on the lake |
Dropped down and followed the top of Lake Michigan until we came to St. Ignace where we crossed over the Mackinac Bridge, not a fun thing especially when it was windy and at the major connections of the supports, the RV would sway towards the guardrail. Scary.
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| The number of wheels!!! What is he hauling? |
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| Grab your money to pay to go over the bridge |
About 30 miles south of the bridge we headed east off Interstate 75 towards Indian River where we are staying for a couple of days. Cute camping resort, geared for families. Lots to do if you are a kid here. And glad we will not be here this weekend - looks like the thing to do is fires (hate the smoke) and people visiting.
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| About 1/3 over, was pretty windy |
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| 2/3 over - not fun |
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| Ferry to Mackinaw Island |
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