


We left a very hot and humid Traverse City on Wednesday morning and pulled out of the campground as torrential downpours started. We hoped that it would bring in some cooler weather with it, but after the 3 hour drive to South Haven, we realized it didn’t. We are missing the cool sweatshirt weather from…

When planning our 6 week long trips, Joe always schedules rest days so everyone can recharge. Our last few years of trips have been much shorter, so we have been on the run. Today felt like a rest and reset day was needed. Joe had some work stuff come up. The kids needed a day…

Monday was our scheduled day at Torch Lake. Joe had rented a pontoon boat in advance of our trip, so waking up to rain and thunderstorms was a bummer. But we headed up towards the lake because the weather looked like it would clear by lunch. On the way there we stopped by Bubbie’s Bagels…

We headed out Sunday to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on the eastern shores of Lake Michigan. This area is over 70,000 acres of forests and inland lakes, but its claim to fame is the sand bluffs rising 450 feet out of the water. We started our day at the visitors center and headed out…

Saturday we broke camp in Mackinaw City and headed to Traverse City. Two of our guys got up early and headed to St. Ignace for a classic car show that just happed to be in town this weekend. We have been seeing a lot of classic cars driving around this week and a little bit…

Friday we headed 90 minutes north back into the upper peninsula to Tahquamenon Falls State Park. Tahquamenon is a 50,000 square foot park stretching over 13 miles and features 2 waterfalls. The upper falls are over 200 feet wide and the lower falls features several smaller falls 4 miles downstream. The amber hue of the…

We left a very hot and humid Traverse City on Wednesday morning and pulled out of the campground as torrential downpours started. We hoped that it would bring in some cooler weather with it, but after the 3 hour drive to South Haven, we realized it didn’t. We are missing the cool sweatshirt weather from…

When planning our 6 week long trips, Joe always schedules rest days so everyone can recharge. Our last few years of trips have been much shorter, so we have been on the run. Today felt like a rest and reset day was needed. Joe had some work stuff come up. The kids needed a day…

Monday was our scheduled day at Torch Lake. Joe had rented a pontoon boat in advance of our trip, so waking up to rain and thunderstorms was a bummer. But we headed up towards the lake because the weather looked like it would clear by lunch. On the way there we stopped by Bubbie’s Bagels…
