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The island was fun. No cars aloud. Walk, bike, or horses. We took our electric bikes, however we had to un do our throttle. No big deal you can still get by just fine pedal only, just put the gear in 4 and you scoot along just fine. We rode Continue Reading

This bridge was beautiful. It connects 2 main islands and when you cross over it is the end of the U P. The bridge is 24 feet shy of 5 miles long. Our ferry driver did a sweep under it and back around. It was way cool. The water was Continue Reading

The flag is the front of this barge. It is coming through the lock (other side) unfortunately it was the other side so we could only see the boat as the water filled into the lock and raised the boat. This particular barge was carrying iron Ore. Most of the Continue Reading

You can see the tour boat in the water. We did not do this tour but it was fun to watch it go in and out of the lock. It is only about a 30 minute tour. You can stand on the platform here and pretty much see all you Continue Reading

This was an awesome time. We drove north to the soo locks. You can see the canal here (lock). When the barges come up the gates open, they cruise in, the water rises so they can get out the other end. It was quite something to see, had not seen Continue Reading

Too Early!!!!!! Not really, it was nice to see the sun that wakes me every morning, but in the past month it is just nice to see the sun!! Too much rain. We are at a camp ground (if you really want to call it that) in the U.P. about Continue Reading

This event was also held on July 4. It was cool to watch up close and front row. These ladies and gents were amazing. Some of the girls were past champions, one chic was world champion. They travel all over and do these competitions. The guys were good too but Continue Reading

This is the city park in Gladstone. Quite nice along Michigan Lake. They had several bands, food trucks, beer trucks, log rolling contest. James and I rode our bikes to the park and hung out and people watched. It was fun, a day with no rain, that alone was enough. Continue Reading

In the far distance that is James. He and I played golf the other day in Gladstone Mi. It is just down from our camp ground. We are nestled between 2 cities Gladtsone and Escanaba MI. Not much in either town. They both have lovely parks and they both have Continue Reading

Saturday, our last day in Wisconsin, Wendy/Zach took us to a winery to listen to his sister n law sing and the band, we were taken via a 1969 Chevelle convertible and when we finished at the winery they took us to a town that Wendy said had the best Continue Reading