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Heading from Hartland Winery to Traverse City State Park we're beginning our Michigan adventures with a rest area geocache find near Kalamazoo. We're looking forward to a fun visit with Sally before heading to the Upper Peninsula and our westward trek.
 The shore of Lake Superior has been our neighbor for these past two weeks. From Whitefish Bay to the Porcupine Mountains we've explored and hiked, learned about local history, enjoyed some delicious local foods, seen incredible night skies, found it easy to meet our...
 As we prepare to take our leave of the U.P., it's necessary that we make sure we partake of a quintessentially U.P. delicacy, the Pastie. This delicious complete meal in one neat pastry package pays tribute to the highly skilled hard rock miners from Cornwall England...
 There are many cool things to do in Porcupine Mountain State Wilderness Park but the road to many of them is closed today. Nonetheless we were able to check out the visitors center for an overview and a bit of history. This place might have been a national park but...
It seemed time to move on. We've enjoyed our stay at McLain State Park and have only begun to explore the treasures of the Keweenaw so we're looking forward to our next opportunity to visit here. Now we are staying at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in the...
 We Recently we replaced our electric drip coffeemaker with a stovetop percolator. It made sense in that the one pot could replace both the tea kettle and the bulky drip machine and we wouldn't need shore power in order to make ourselves a pot of coffee. Then we...
One of the aspects of life on the road is that you must periodically replenish your food stores. No different than from life in a house. But their is a difference. Every grocery is arranged differently and may or may not carry the product or brand you want. And you...
 This has been a glorious day! We were up before dawn for a quick breakfast and a drive up US-41 to Fort Wilkins State Park to participate in their 9th Annual Geocaching Event. We had to learn a new technique in order to find the nine temporary caches inside the park....
 In Michigan State Parks the Campground Hosts often offer the opportunity to gather with other campers. This morning we met Dave & Sarah and their dogs, Finn & York at the Coffee gathering. This evening it was a campfire and S'Mores. As the sun lit up the sky...
See Park Video See History Video (Delayed Start) The town of Calumet, originally named Red Jacket, sprang up around the Calumet and Hecla copper mines. Today we explored the area a bit. In an attempt to locate the Visitors Center we got into an amazing...
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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A visit to the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden gave us insight into the evolution and role of public transportation in the creation of London as a great metropolitan area.
Bath, England is an amazingly inviting place with deep deep history. One little day trip isn’t anywhere near enough but we did enjoy delving into the history of the Roman Baths, basking in the beauty of Bath Abbey, and topping our visit off with Tea and Bath Buns!
Today’s excursion to The Victoria & Albert Museum established in 1857 gave us a glimpse into the Victorian world and a chance to see some glorious originals and copies up close.