The Great Lakes

From Duluth, we took the high road across Wisconsin to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  It was a peaceful, colorful fall drive.  Along the way we caught glimpses of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.  We camped on the shores of Lake Michigan just south of the Mackinaw Bridge.  It is a beautiful area and well worth a return trip on a future summer.  It is definitely off-season in this part of the country.  We are having an increasingly hard time finding RV campgrounds that are opened past October 15.  But, we are getting creative!

On a very rainy night in Grand Rapids, we had a great meal with friends from Williamsburg, Brian and Kari.  It was good to catch up and see their growing girls.

Next, we checked in with nephew Logan in Goshen, Indiana.  He served us a made-to-order meal at the darling 100-year-old Olympia Candies soda shop.  Asa had a sarsaparilla phosphate which Logan translated to him as an old fashioned root beer.  It is good to see Logan adjusting to life after college.  

We made a pit stop at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway next and really enjoyed the grounds tour that took us on the track, the winner's circle and the media buildings.  The 2 1/2 mile track dates back to 1909 and the cars in the museum were really cool to see.

The temperatures across Ohio reached into the low 80's but we didn't take the time to do much exploring.  We stayed at our 3rd Walmart of the trip and stopped to see the Longaberger Homestead.  And…gasp…Amy didn't buy baskets!