Meandering the Country

June 12-15 We broke our time in northern Michigan into a couple of different stays.  For the first stop, we camped at Wilderness State Park, located a few miles from Mackinac City.  Although we had only traveled 138 miles, we were now camping on the northeastern shore of Lake Michigan rather than the southern shore of Lake Superior!  I have to say, both provided equally magnificent sunsets! We were on the go for the couple of days we were there.  As always, it was a priority to be home before the sun set; however, this really wasn’t a challenge as the sun didn’t set until 9:36!  It's 11:00 before it is actually dark!  It makes it hard to go to bed at a reasonable time! Checking into Wilderness State Park, we had been warned a large bear population resides in the park. We've come to expect bears even though we never do see them, so we really weren't concerned about it.  What did surprise us was the large presence of foxes!  Each and every time I to...

June 5-12, 2022  Leaving Minneapolis, we gave ourselves a two day stopover at Shawano County Park Campground in Wisconsin on our way to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  Shawano Co. Park was a lovely little campground, situated on the shore of Shawano Lake.  It was such a peaceful and relaxing stop!  I had caught a cold while we were in Minneapolis and it was nice to sleep in a bit and just sit around and recover.  I actually wondered whether it was Covid and tested three different times to make sure it wasn’t!  Two years later, and I’m still trying to avoid this nasty virus.  While Covid is nowhere near the threat it was two years ago, I still don’t want to catch it!   We spent some time in Shawano strolling the beach where we found a swing we couldn’t resist hanging around on for a bit.  While we were on the beach, a wedding party showed up for the sunset beach pictures.  The place had such a nice vibe to it!  It would have b...