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As we passed Agate Falls Scenic Site, we realized it was an opportunity too good to pass up, a chance to get out of the car and stretch our legs, to hike under a trestle bridge then walk across it, to see these incredibly scenic falls close up and from high above.
Not far from Marquette is the Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee. After hearing about it yesterday from a ranger at Munising Falls, we just had to stop. We got a bonus. The first gallery near the entrance was
Marquette Tourist Park west of Pictured Rocks offered a good place to rest our heads last night. We arrived without a reservation but still got Site 43 with electric, water, shade, and soon rain. We were grateful for good Verizon service and spent some time on the...
This gorgeous waterfall once was the source of power for the Schoolcraft Blast Furnace, a part of northern Michigan's 19th Century iron boom. A question about the geology of the area led to a lively conversation that involved three rangers at the Munising Falls...
See Park Video Our plan today was to travel through Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore pausing to drink in some of the beauty and history here. Today's adventure was the 1.8 mile hike along the Lakeshore Trail, a portion of the North Country Trail to Au Sable Light...
When asked about our travel plans for this summer we've been replying that "We're headed to Boston by way of San Francisco." and often get the reply, "You must really like driving!" In fact, that's not the most enjoyable part of our travels. We've talked a lot about...
Home for the night has been Site 15 at the Lake Michigan Campground in Hiawatha National Forest just west of St Ignace, Michigan on US-2. No hookups but with our NPS Senior Pass the fee was only $10 for a lakefront site. The fact that we could get decent Verizon data...
In business in the same building for 98 years and in operation at the same location on State Street in St Ignace, Michigan since 1940, this "Best L'il Diner on the Straits" is a gem. Looking for a cup of coffee and a treat, we never even looked at the inside of the...
The Museum of the Ojibwa Culture in St Ignace, Michigan was established at Marquette Mission Park. The location speaks eloquently of the interplay between the Ojibwa peoples and the French missionaries/explorers/fur traders here on the Straits of Mackinac. The...
Ever since we first crossed the Straits of Mackinac via the Mackinac Bridge, also known as the Mighty Mac and as the Big Mac Bridge, in 2012 we've been fascinated with this engineering wonder. This 5th longest suspension bridge in the world weighs more than a million...
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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Within the RV community, the tiny town of Quartzite, Arizona holds a mystique all its own. Surrounded by vast tracts of public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management Quartzite finds itself playing host to hoards of RV travelers every winter. Many are...
Like so many of us of a certain age, we grew up with strains of the Wild West playing in the background. The streets of Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and other legends played on the television screens in our living rooms. Thus...
To view the Visitors Center Video click here An icon of the American West, the Sagauro (sah-WAH-row) are the giants among cacti found only in the Sonoran Desert, limited in the US primarily to southern Arizona. Who could resist getting up close and personal with a few...