Toaksy
Tim Oaks
My 12 year old son and I Just got back from our 10 day trip to see some of the great lakes. We left our home in Ankeny and headed towards the Wisconsin Dells with my wife following in the car. Leaving Iowa at Lansing then north to Wisconsin. We then made our way to the house on the rock arriving just in time to dodge some rain while we toured the place. Then traveled the rest of the way to our camp site in the Dell where we did some site seeing and camping with my wife. Sunday morning we got up and said good bye to my wife and headed to Manitoc WI where we loaded on to the ferry to Ludington MI and drove out to the state park and then back to a private camp ground. Where we spent the night. The next morning we witness a group of rouge squirrels raiding our neighbor?s food, watch one drag off a Hershey?s chocolate bar. We then left Ludington and a headed north on 31 to 22 and back to 31 along Lake Michigan and then hit HWY 119 "the tunnel of trees" and crossed the Mackinaw bridge and back west on HWY 2 and camped at Brevort Lake. Had some friendly folks help us with a great camp site and some home made beef stew. The next morning we ate breakfast in Brevort at a small dinner and got the low down on a bear rescue near Newberry. So we headed north to White fish bay and took in the great lakes ship wreck museum and then to Newberry. Where my son got a chance to have a bear cub slobber over his arm great time then to Marquette. The next morning we headed to Copper bay and then back down and over to porcupine Mountain for the night. Next day we left there and made our way up to Ely MS and took in the wolf sanctuary. "By the way HWY 1 is a blast to ride" Spent the night there and the back to Duluth and hooked up with Grandpa worked our way back stopping in Baldwin WI to hang with my sister my sons Aunt out at the air field where she sky dives. Then Stopped at Blackhawk Park then back home.
We had a great time everyone we met were great time seen so much and even missed even more there is a lot to see and do in the UP. Wished we had kept a pen and paper handy to write down all the things that we were told to check out on the way. The people of Michigan are great willing to help out any way they can. All in all mileage just over 2400
We had a great time everyone we met were great time seen so much and even missed even more there is a lot to see and do in the UP. Wished we had kept a pen and paper handy to write down all the things that we were told to check out on the way. The people of Michigan are great willing to help out any way they can. All in all mileage just over 2400
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