Author: Mark Haskell
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Grand Rapids – Meijer Gardens
2019-09-03 We don’t have room for many books aboard Intuition, but two we carry are the latest edition of the Tourist Trains Guidebook for me, and the 1998 edition of National Geographic Guide to America’s Public Gardens for Beth. Today will be a garden day as we leave Gaylord behind and start heading toward…
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Relaxing with Lucy
Labor Day Weekend 2019 Northern Michigan was a perfect setting for a relaxing visit with Lucy, one of our favorite canines. Driveway camping with Beth’s sister and brother-in-law was a wonderful respite from holiday crowds. Quiet was only interrupted by the haunting call of Loons raising a chick. Captain Gary treated us to sunset cruises…
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Heading down to the Lower Peninsula
8/27/2019 One thing we didn’t mention yesterday is the ferry terminal adjacent to Aune Osborn campground. Sounding a horn at every crossing, the ferry provides the only connection between Sault Ste Marie and Sugar Island. I had to look on a map to see if the ferry was going to the US or Canada. Thankfully,…
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Superior Freighter Spotting
8/26/2019 With rain and cooler weather coming into the area today we elected to leave lovely Hattie Cove and head for the US. Returning here is definitely on the to-do list. At 0900 we checked out at the visitor’s center and left Hattie Cove fondly in the rear view mirror. Curving around the National Park,…
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Hattie Cove in Pukaskwa National Park
8/25/2019 After a restful night at Rossport Campground, we moved to the Whitesand Lake Campground where they had facilities to dump our black and grey water tanks. Both campgrounds are part of Rainbow Falls Provincial Park. With that chore done we set-out to find the namesake waterfall. A 1.1 km hike out, with the same return, is…
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Biggest (Not Great) Lake
8/24/2019 – Thursday Sun was breaking through morning clouds and a receding fog bank during our first walk of the day around Nipigon’s Natural Edge Ecopark Campground and Marina. This was our third day waking up here and the scene has been different every morning. Bridge towers rose above the fog while a seagull monitored…
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