Well, it’s been a great 7 weeks! Certainly very busy but so much to be thankful for. We’ve had incredible weather, hardly any rain and when it did come, it didn’t cause us any changes to our plans. We did have some warm days of low 30s C, but not enough to be uncomfortable. Most nights it cooled nicely for sleeping; some nights were actually too cold, but the furnace warmed the trailer (and us} up! Our drive home across S. Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan has gone well, although long. N, Dakota was the land of all things oil and gas! What an industry! Minnesota certainly is full of lakes. We had a very short drive through Wisconsin. We did stay 2 nights at a Corps of Engineers park near Deer River in Minnesota for a break from driving. It was beautiful and a chance to relax before getting back on the road! I think it’s a definite one to be on the list to return to if we are travelling highway 2 again.
Once we got into the western edge of northern Michigan we were treated to some beautiful fall colours. By next week they should be at peak.
Last night (Thursday) was a later night. We pulled into a small community park in Michigan just after 6:30 but we were only a few miles from the time change point so by the time we were parked it was getting dark. We had the whole place to ourselves – about 10 campsites along a stream.
We awoke to fog that had mostly dissipated by the time we were on the road, but it did appear again as we wound along the shore of Lake Michigan and then was fairly thick as we crossed over the Mackinac Bridge.
Tonight’s destination is on private property at a Boondockers Welcome host. They have a 100 acre bush where they have established a couple of sites. We plan to spend two nights there before we drive the last day of our trip to arrive back home.
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