28 July 2022 – Thursday posted 13 March 2023 Exploring the east end of the Porkies and heading into the Keewenaw Peninsula 0946  47,899  Leave Big Bear Campground 1003  47,907   61° Lake of the Clouds In less than twenty minutes, we climbed 800 feet to enjoy this popular view in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness…

25 July 2022Posted 03 March 2023 We move east from Thompson’s Bay to Ashland. At 0700 the temp was only 56°, the coldest overnight, thus far, in July. By 0938 we were packed up and on the road. Half an hour later we had found a spot in Ashland. 1008  47,730  69°  Kreher Park, site…

21 July 2022 Awoke to a pretty day at Chippewa Campground. We really enjoyed having a lakefront campsite. Though we heard loons and sandhill cranes overnight, we only spotted a family of mallards paddling by this morning. On the road at 0800, it wasn’t long before we paused for a construction delay. Sitting in traffic,…

Look who’s on the road ahead of us. Anyone with children or grandchildren will probably know this engine, even with a mask on. Today we’re running from Indiana Dunes National Park to Madison, Wisconsin with a stop at the Illinois Railway Museum (IRM). Google, Waze, Garmin, and Apple maps all recommended driving through Chicago using…

24 June 2022 Off we go on another summer adventure. This time it will be a return to Lake Superior to finish the circle route we started a couple of years ago. Heading north from NC, we often drive through the Virginia mountains and notice this shot tower from route 77. Only a short detour…