The only . . . → Read More: Mackinac Island – Lake Huron, MI
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First let’s get the pronunciation right. It is pronounced Mackin-aw not “ack”. It’s french. Mackinac Island is a 3 mile long summer paradise where the wealthy elite of Chicago and Detroit once summered to escape the city heat. Today it is still a paradise but for tourists from around the world.
Big reason to come to upper Michigan is to see the Shipwreck Museum on Lake Superior. It is at the top of the upper peninsula or the UP as they call it. You get there by going over the 5 mile long Mackinac bridge. I became a Yooper the other day to learn . . . → Read More: Shipwreck Museum – Whitefish Point, MI
Moved on up north to Gaylord KOA in Gaylord, MI. It is not as close as I would like to Mackinac Bridge between upper Michigan and the upper Michigan peninsula but it is the only campground I could find listed with wireless internet and a reasonable price to stay for a month. Other . . . → Read More: Gaylord KOA – Gaylord, MI
From the Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, catch a tour of the Ford Rouge factory where they make trucks. Lots and lots of trucks, 60 per hour. A major marvel that has been toured by world leaders and other major carmakers, the Rouge plant was Henry’s idea to keep everything needed to build . . . → Read More: Ford Rouge Factory Tour
Near Detroit in Dearborn, Michigan is an absolutely fabulous museum that is really two in one, one inside and one outside. Here Henry Ford has gathered numerous wonders of America which make American History jump off the page and come alive which was his intention.
At the Henry Ford you will see legendary . . . → Read More: The Henry Ford and Greenfield Village One day I got up at a decent hour considering I work Pacific time and am living in Eastern time. I saw that there was a Bob’s Big Boy restaurant here so I set out to explore this burg of Monroe, Michigan and find an icon I have not eaten in since I . . . → Read More: Lake Erie
Like many RVers, I have a map on my door with little stickon states to add as I go through them. The basic rule is you must spend one night in a state or spend a day as a tourist. Of course, this is on the honor system and people can and do . . . → Read More: Camp Lord Willing-Monroe,MI
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