Category: Michigan
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Pop quiz – Can you name all of the Great Lakes?
If there were a game show with “Name all of the Great Lakes” as the deciding question to win, I would have lost a few months ago.  Before we came into this area for the first time, I only knew there are several of them – but I wasn’t exactly sure how many, let alone where they…
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Hangin’ out in “Da U.P.” – pt. 2
This is a continuation of my previous U.P. post, part 1.  Click here if you’d like to read it first. Whitefish Point We continued northward from Paradise (#3 on the map) to visit the graveyard of Lake Superior, Whitefish Point (#4). Steve was fascinated by the stories he read about the hundreds of ships sitting on the bottom of Lake…
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Hangin’ out in “Da U.P.” – Newberry, Michigan pt. 1
As Don and Lisa headed southeast back to Ohio, we drove Betsy the farthest north we’ll be this year – the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  The state of Michigan is made up of two peninsulas, the upper and lower.  The northern, Upper Peninsula is commonly referred to as Upper Michigan or “Da U.P”.  It’s separated from the Lower Peninsula…
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Fun with friends continues – Sault Ste Marie, U.S. and Canada
After a great day of biking on Mackinac Island (remember, its pronounced “Mackinaw”), the four of us still had plenty of places we wanted to check out.  Don and Lisa, driving from Warren, Ohio to meet up with us, could only get away for a week – they have jobs, after all – bummer!  So we…
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Biking around a charming (but stinky) little island – Mackinac Island, MI
Our active and fun-filled days with Don and Lisa continued, as we moved Betsy up into northern Michigan.  Destination: Mackinaw City, just across from Mackinac Island.  This small island lies in the Strait of Mackinac, between Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas.  As we learned first-hand, it’s a favorite summer destination for thousands of folks, with a charming downtown…
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The Henry Ford – Dearborn, MI
Dearborn, Michigan was not originally on our route of travel, as we had planned to stay closer to Lake Michigan while heading north.  But during a Skype call with our good friends Don and Lisa, they suggested meeting up in the Dearborn area to visit “The Henry Ford.” Since this was the first we had heard of the place,…
