Beautiful Sunday Drive

Sunday, August 5, 2007

This Sunday started out with leaving Munising and heading south to the lower peninsula. It would turn out to be a wonderful day for a drive. The sun was out and the winds were relatively quiet so you could drive with the windows open. We headed south and found our way to U.S. 2 on the north shore of Lake Michigan. As anyone who has traveled this area knows this is truly a great drive. We drove down the shoreline amongst forests and the sand dunes. Very picturesque.


Arriving in St. Ignace area we wound our way around to find lines for crossing "Big Mac" bridge. We had no idea what the costs would be with the motor home and trailer. Wow, cost was only $8.00! When it actually came time to cross the bridge, Tom was in the outside lane on the bridge. I cringed! At times I closed my eyes. The lanes are narrow and I felt like I was going to fall off the bridge. But, we made it across and we are alive to tell the adventure.

Arriving on the lower peninsula side of the state we headed south to Wolverine area for a campsite. The first campsite we arrived at was 4 miles or more down a dirt/gravel road. Not for us so when we arrived Nancy told the camp owner that the road into it was not for us. We left that one and found another camp ground in the same area. Called it and the person stated most of the road was paved just a short 1/4 mile unpaved. We could do that so off we went in search of the camp site. We found our way and the 1/4 mile was more like one mile up and down hills. Wrong we were not going to ride down that road.

We found our way to exit 313 off I-75 and found the greatest campground you would even imagine. The campground is in Topinabee. It is wooded, hilly, interior paved roads, full hook-up. The only downside was no cable. But, it is a great location. In the area we want to be in for the rides we would like to take.

After setting up camp we had lots of day light left. We unhooked our motorcycles and headed out to Mackinaw City. This city has really changed since our last visit to it. We parked the bikes, went into the outside shopping mall and wound our way around the city. Nancy finally found the fudge shop she wanted. Yes, she turned into a "fudgie" and purchased the pound so she could satisfy her sweet tooth. Tom found a kite shop and purchased a spinner kite for outside decoration of the motor home.

We had walked, seen and shopped so we wanted to get back to the camp ground. We headed south and ended up having to ride on the interstate to get back to the camp ground. Great ride.

We thought we deserved to have cocktails tonight. We made them and started to walk around the camp ground. We found many nice people to talk with. By the time we got back to the motor home it was late, so we hurried and had a late supper.