Library Time and the Jolly Green Giant

2023 Road Trip
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After leaving our campsite we decided to spend some time at a library – get caught up on wifi and charge up all of our devices. We have been doing okay charging things as we drive and running the cooler on the car charger, but the large solar generator doesn’t always get charged completely. The solar generator runs the Coleman 12v cooler when we are not driving, but it will only support it for about 8 hours. We have to choose what 8 hours to…Continue Reading “Library Time and the Jolly Green Giant” →

Paul Bunyan and Swedish Pantry

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We left our quiet boat launch area in the rain. It rained most of the day but we tried to enjoy the ride anyway passing views of Lake MI along the way. We stopped briefly at a Paul Bunyan statue in Manistique, MI, It seems there are many places that claim the fame of Paul Bunyan! We stopped and had a late breakfast at the Swedish Pantry in Escanaba, MI. We wanted to make our breakfast at the campsite but because of the rain, we…Continue Reading “Paul Bunyan and Swedish Pantry” →

Tahquamenon Falls

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Had a great morning at our wild campsite. We decided to just make coffee and pack things up. We were anxious to get to the falls. Today we were headed to Tahquamenon Falls per Jason C.’s recommendation. I had specked out a wild camping site on some dispersement property near the falls so we thought we would check that out first to see if it was a good place for the night. The wild campsite I’d specked out for tonight was in a large open…Continue Reading “Tahquamenon Falls” →

Upper Peninsula (MI)

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We left Bay City Monday morning (Labor Day) around noon and headed up the Michigan’s Upper Penisula. The Mackinaw Bridge was closed until noon for their annual “Labor Day bridge walk”, so we took our time and went up the coast of Lake Huron on Rte 23. It was a really beautiful drive. Once over the Mackinaw Bridge, we meandered through some back roads and headed to our wild campsite. After several turns on dirt roads, we ended up behind a camper van. He let…Continue Reading “Upper Peninsula (MI)” →

Heading to Bay City

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We had a great stop in Erie for Stew’s birthday, and now we are headed to our friends’, the Sailing Jasons, wedding in Bay City MI. We have been working on how to do things as we travel. Our first stop today for lunch worked out well. We actually pulled into a great Ohio turnpike travel station. They actually had a spot for RVs! They provide free air, water, pump out and for a nominal fee of $20 you can stay the night. We used…Continue Reading “Heading to Bay City” →

First night car-camping

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We did practice sleeping in the car at the cabin but this was going to be the first night we camped in a campground. We had most everything packed and ready to go – the day was a bit dreary, rain was in the forecast so we weren’t in a hurry to head to Cherry Springs State Park to camp. Stew had always wanted to camp at Cherry Springs so we were really looking forward to it – but rain and camping are no fun!…Continue Reading “First night car-camping” →

Our next adventure…

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Our friends the sailing Jasons (aka Jason C. & Jason G.) are getting married Labor Day weekend in Bay City MI… We did not think we could make their wedding with all the family issues this summer. But here we are, at Pine Creek, just chilling. So we decided to hatch a plan that started with going to the wedding. We decided to try to outfit the SUV (Buick Enclave) with a bed and room to carry our gear. This would give us the ability…Continue Reading “Our next adventure…” →

God is laughing out loud!

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What is that saying? “Make plans, God laughs.” April 15th at 9:36 PM while I was babysitting Arlo, my new grandson, I received a voicemail from an unknown caller in Florida. The caller was slurring her words, so much that I could barely understand her… well, that caller was my mother! She was playing doubles ping-pong and went for a shot but instead tripped and landed on the floor breaking her hip, wrist, and elbow. We found out later, that she also lost a large…Continue Reading “God is laughing out loud!” →

Our Plan B for spring is a go…

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When last I posted we were in Vero Beach preparing to install the shore charger and head to Cocoa Beach for a few days to deal with all the Bahamas provisions and end up hurricane prepping in Titusville. The shore charger installation went very well, but we could not test it for the few days in CoCoa Beach since we did not pay for shore charging… we did test it in Titusville and it worked perfect! When we were in Coco Beach, we had to…Continue Reading “Our Plan B for spring is a go…” →