A blog about exploring North America in a Camper Van and a Sailboat.
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Lake Erie Lighthouses
11 August 2022 Posted 15 April 2023 A quick visit to Truma’s North American headquarters before heading east along the Lake Erie shoreline. 0830 48,914 Elkhart, Indiana – Truma The crew at Truma was ready for us right on time. One of the bolts was cross-threaded when they did the original install and we didn’t…
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Kalamazoo Air Zoo
10 August 2022 posted 13 April 2023 A fascinating day with aircraft before heading south to Truma’s facility in Elkhart. We woke to sunshine illuminating a spiderweb on our bicycle rack. The Air Zoo, a Harvest Host, was a fine place to spend the night. We look forward to exploring the inside of the Air Zoo…
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Landing at the Air Zoo
09 August 2022 Posted 09 April 2023 Traveling from north to south in Michigan’s lower peninsula. 1020 48,632 62° Leave Gaylord, MI after a fun visit with Beth’s family 1145 48,705 68° Cadillac, MI – Culver’s for lunch 1412 48,814 77° Camping World – Dump Station is free for Good Sam’s Members. We ended up…
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Window Leak Cure
09 April 2023 We had a very small leak on the passenger side rearmost window of our 2018 Lexor. Blue painter’s tape cured it temporarily, but it was time for a more permanent repair. These are CR Laurence windows, installed in a Pleasure-Way Lexor TS which is a professional conversion based on a RAM ProMaster 3500…
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Leaving the UP
03 August 2022 – WednesdayPosted 08 April 2023 0848 48,394 67° Leave Marquette, MI Tourist Park Campground in light rain 0940 48,440 69° Munising, MI Leave the Lake Superior shoreline 1115 48,519 70° Naubinway, MI MDOT Rest Stop provided a pretty Lake Michigan overlook We had this sandy beach all to ourselves. The road from…
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Lake Superior Circle Tour
We completed the Lake Superior Circle Tour on 03 August 2022 in Marquette, Michigan. We spent 34 days spread over three visits to get all the way around. The journey is 1,300 miles if you don’t take any side trips. We don’t travel without taking side trips 😉 This was one of our favorite…