Midwest

Well our week in Missoula at Jim & Mary’s RV Park has come to an end. While I wish I had some exciting things to share about this week, the…

Friday morning we left the Badlands and headed west across the plains. As the rocky formations retreated into the distance, the terrain quickly flattened and turned into a sea of…

This was the Cedar Pass campground Wednesday night around dusk. Nearly every spot was full. See us way in the back? Here is the campground the next day at noon.…

Hot, hot, hot today. So hot that instead of stopping on the banks of the Missouri river as intended, we kept on driving. We drove and drove all the way…

Today was a driving day. Nothing too long, about four and a half hours, plus a short stop at a nice town park for lunch. If I could describe the…

Phew….that was a busy weekend. After the peace and solitude of Minnesota’s north shore, followed by a few quiet days at Sandy Lake, our four day sojourn in the Twin Cities…

We’ve had the best luck when it comes to Minnesota State parks. First we snagged the last spot at Gooseberry Falls, then on Sunday we pulled into Temperance River with…

We got an early start out of Duluth on Friday morning. We headed fifty miles north along Minnesota’s “North Shore” to Gooseberry Falls State Park. Even though we arrived at…

We spent the past 3 days in Duluth, MN. I have to admit that while of course I’ve heard of Duluth, it’s not somewhere I ever thought much about. In…

After 2 weeks, 4 beaches, 1 family visit and a hot & steamy night at a giant Cabela’s Store, we finally made it out of Michigan. We began this journey…

This campground wins the prize for the best view from the site…so far. This is the view from our bedroom window when we arrived on Friday around noon. Here is…

I learned today that folks who live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan refer to those who live in the lower part of the state as “trolls”. My guess is…

A short post today because we are headed up to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore this morning. The campground operates on a first-come-first-serve basis so we want to get there as…

What an amazing lake! Who knew there was such a spectacular shoreline with sandy beaches and crystal clear water right smack in the middle of the country? Well, I’m sure…

We had a blast spending the 4th of July with our family in Michigan. The weather was quite steamy but we managed to stay cool… And when we ran out…