Travel Dates: August 7-17, 2015 We left the Dells, and arrived in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula unceremoniously on Friday afternoon, August 14, 2015 after driving up from Walmart down near Green Bay, Wisconsin. Totally ignored the time zone change to Eastern Time as we searched along the west shore of Lake Michigan for a place to…
I love zucchini bread! One of my favorite things about having a garden (okay, in my past life) was planting a zucchini and reaping the rewards all summer long! Growing up my mom had a super tasty recipe, but unfortunately was also not very healthy. Lots of sugar and butter, so I stopped making it awhile…
My wife over at Life Outside the Box (lifeoutsidethebox.co) is always making pumpkin muffins. She has allergies to soy, dairy, and wheat. However, she has also found that most recipes aren’t very healthy. Circumstantially, she has had to make her own healthy alternative. I’ll have to share this with her since she loves zucchini. I’m sure she’ll enjoy having more options to cook with. 🙂 Thanks for the post.ReplyCancel
Travel Dates: August 4-6 We left Minneapolis, MN (again) and drove the long 4.5 hours east to the Wisconsin Dells in one day. We decided it was worth the push to get there in one day – and get in late as we knew the RV Park at Mt. Olympus would not be very scenic. The…
[…] We left the Dells, and arrived in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula unceremoniously on Friday afternoon, August 14, 2015 after driving up from Walmart down near Green Bay, Wisconsin. Totally ignored the time zone change to Eastern Time as we searched along the west shore of Lake Michigan for a place to stay for the weekend. […]ReplyCancel
Typical vacation planning goes something like this: you decide where you want to go, plan where you’ll stay, and search the area to see what other activities they are. Once you are planned, you carry out your itinerary, relax, enjoy yourself, and then go home to regular life. As full time travelers, we are constantly…
That is just one of the tradeoffs to seeing more than most discover in a lifetime of travel. We have considered Urban Air for the last two years and may try for this year. It usually comes down to whether we are willing to miss soccer games. Enjoy the Grest Lakes region. I hear Pictured Rocks and the Apostle Islands are amazing. We are planning a future trip up that way with a canoeing expedition to Boundary Waters. Hope to see you in Michigan.ReplyCancel
Ah – looks like it’ll probably be a near-miss for us. We *think* we’ll be headed out of MI mid-September to bring the boy to Dayton. That might happen sooner & then we’d finish out September here…which might facilitate a meetup.
We’d suggest hugging the MI west coast longer than your route shows though – that’s the sweet spot of MI and especially in the fall. Just about any of the state parks along the coast would be a great stay (Ludington is our fave). Buzz over to Ann Arbor through Grand Rapids instead..;)ReplyCancel
I can’t imagine how tough it is to choose where to go-there is so much to see! I think for a full-timer the pressure would be on because you would be more realistic about how long you’ll be somewhere and that you most likely won’t be around for some time.
I get a little giddy when I hear about people going to the North Shore. Not sure if it’s your first time. We go back again and again. Such a beautiful place! There are so many special spots that require only a short hike to see and great biking trail. We will be in Shroeder the last weekend of August with our new (to us) Airstream. Excited to get up there and not be renting!
Lots of great places to go and eat in Duluth too. You aren’t hitting our lovely area of the Northwoods, but you can’t go wrong with Duluth and the North Shore!ReplyCancel
I live in NW Wisconsin with my family, locals often refer to the area as the Northwoods. (Especially if we are feeling impressive after large amounts of snow or ridiculously low temps ☺️) You were dangerously close when you were in “The Cities” recently. We are just a few hours from there and Duluth.
We have talked for years about doing the Lake Superior Circle Tour with our three kids. I will have to watch to see how you like it! We went through the UP and did the Mackinaw Bridge when we picked up our Airstream from lower MI a few weeks ago. I kept telling myself I was scouting for later trips, but it’s hard to feel like you are driving right by amazing spots and missing them!
Enjoy the North Shore! We are in a big 3 axle older Airstream, so wave if you see us up there the end of August 😉 Good luck getting the kids to not take a bunch of heavy rocks, always a problem with my little crowd!ReplyCancel
Ahhh! That makes sense. It IS hard to drive by things and have to “save them for later”. I definitely feel like I have to see all the things! lol! We’ll be in the Apostle Islands August 21-25, then Duluth and then the North Shore the week of August 31st. It would be fun to run into you guys!!ReplyCancel
Apostle Islands are gorgeous. We’ve camped on Stockton Island, lots of bears! It’s on our list and there is a chance we will be in that area that weekend as well. Trying to decide between South Shore (Apostle Islands, Bayfield-ish area), we also might do Amnicon Falls (near Superior WI) or stay at home and enjoy our lake! We are itching to get out with the Airstream as much as we can before the weather gets too cold. It’s a bit of a learning curve with finding campsites when we’ve done day trips, or rented houses etc. Trying to research campsites and figure out where we can fit and what we need is all new to us!ReplyCancel
You know about campendium.com right? That’s our go-to place for researching campsites. All the reviews on there are SO helpful!! Definitely add some for up here in the UP as I know there are a few other full timers that are coming out next summer!
And we are going to Stockton Island!! Dropped off at one end and we are hiking the 3.5 miles over by the quarry and we’ll get picked up there. I’m so excited!ReplyCancel
Travel Dates: July 16 -30, 2015 After 4 weeks in Minneapolis, it was time to leave! We headed out bright and early heading west for Cosmos and a paragliding competition. We had been invited by the hosts to come check it out and even get in a tandem flight! It felt so good to finally be…
I went to college in Houghton for a short time after HS. Going back up after Thanksgiving that year that year we got 24′ of snow in 20 hours and school close for the 2nd time in 100 years. We got stranded in Ishpeming because the lake had covered the highway. I remember a car encrusted in ice and looking like a Natural History Museum display. We got the last hotel room in town and had 5-6 guys crammed in there just waiting it out.
Time to become trolls (get down under the bridge…;)
Lol! That sounds epic. We did see the “snow meter” along the road up to Copper Harbor. My kids about died – “Let’s move HERE!” they said. No. Way.
Ah, pictures of the UP! I adore it up there. It’s been much too long.
I just read your complete post; I wish I had seen you folks coming, earlier. I’m a national park ranger at Pictured Rocks Nat’l Lakeshore and a new airstreamer! The park is inundated with visitors this year, but still a beautiful place to visit – I’m glad you were able to see some of the key places in the park (as your pictures indicate).
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