Michigan Trip

[Captain Bud]

We have returned from a great trip safe and sound. A pleasant surprise happened while driving outwest on 80, we recieved a cell call from Nancy and Jim from Pittsburgh, and after meeting in Sandusky ,Ohio we traveled the upper peninsula together and had a wonderful time. After I get my land legs back I will write a summary of our trip.

[TTT1953]

Welcome home Capt. Bud and Ruth. Glad you had a good trip. Looking forward to hearing about it. We hope to head up to the UP someday.

[jrcnlc]

Hey Bud, Jim and I were glad to see you made it home safe. Now you can relax and get your land legs back under you. We have had a few days head start. Getting more better each day. Just relaxing and doing LAUNDRY

[AL]

Hey Bud & Ruth,
Glad you had a fun and safe trip,looking forward to seeing you guys in Oct. !!
My sister and her family were in from Chicago last week, they all slept in the house, and Sandy & I were in the motorhome, first time since April! Even though it was just on our property, it still felt great tobe in it !! Looking forward to Turnning Stone, see you all there !!

[Frankie]

Welcome back Capt. Bud
Its been lonely here without you.Hope all is well . I am having a hard time without the trailer.Tent camping this weekend ,pray for me

[Lone Star]

Welcome home Capt. Bud and Ruth
Looking forword to hearing about your adventures in October.

[Lynnvt]

Welcome back Capt. Bud and Ruth! We can't wait to hear about your northward adventures. Glad to have you back on board.

[Doris]

Welcome back to the board. Looking forward to reading the trip report.

[Captain Bud]

Well, I think I have cleared up the jet lag to put down some of my thoughts regarding our trio to the Upper Peninsula in Michigan. We started out on July 31 with a full tank of fuel, food and our dogs. I will confess to something right away, that I made a wrong turn in N.J. and lost an hour and 50 miles before I even left the state. Needless to say this did not sit well with my DW. I figured if I got the bad over with right away the rest of the trip will be fine..
We traveled for 329 miles to a KOA CG in Bellafonte ,Pa., our next leg was to Bayshore CG in Sandusky ,Ohio a run of 293 miles. This is where we met up with Jim and Nancy from Pittsburgh, who was with the Noreasters in Scusset and Association Island.
On Aug. 3 we headed to a visit with folks that we had met in Fla. in 2004, in Fremont Michigan.
It was a beautiful idealic setting on a lake, and our friends provided us with a pad to sit on, that had a view of a lake. There was one problem, however, the power supply to this private community was low, so when I ran my AC I think I caused a brownout. The next day I shifted to a municipal CG and continued our visit. Jim and Nancy went on up to Mennasee Casino CG to wait out our visit.
We met up again with Jim and Nancy and proceeded up the coast thru Traverse city and the surrounding communities, which I consider to be the most beautiful area that I have ever seen. The lakes have the color of tropical seas.
We crossed over the Mackinac bridge which is spectacular and arrived at St Ignace for a few days. We took the ferry over to beautiful Mackinac Island and took a buggy ride and did the tourist things. We then went to Sault.Ste Marie and stayed at the Aune Osborne CG and watched the Great Lakes freighters pass by. We also visited a Casino that was nearby..
We arrived in Midland Michigan on Aug 11 where Ruth and I celebrated our 49th wedding anniversarythis leg was about 150 miles.
Our travels led us to American Wilderness CG in Grafton Ohio, this was the worst CG we stayed in during the trip, the sites were dirty and the power provided was unsat.
On this leg we said good bye to our great traveling friends ,Jim and Nancy and we continued on to Friendship Village RV park that when it is finished will be a 10. we did 271 miles this leg.
We then went to one of our favorite CGs which is Country Haven in New Holland Pa. in Lancaster County and laid over 2 days and savored the Amish foods.
We then made the final 125 mile leg home on my birthday Aug 16. My kids amd grand kids had dinner for us and my son presented me with a Garmin GPS. I guess he felt I needed it.
All in all it was an outstanding adventure and a trip to the UP is a must do.
I consumed about 310 gallons of fuel at prices that ranged from about $2.24 to $2.59 per gallon. The trip was 2304 miles.
I will rate all the CGs in the CG review section so you all will have an insight if you care to make the trip.
If anyone would like to ask me specifics please do..
After the first miscue it was as smooth as glass. and the only problem I had was a screw that fell out of a shower roller.

[George Miklas]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by George Miklas:
...drop me an email and we'll visit. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Bud,
I'm sorry that you couldn't work in the stop. It would have been nice to see you again.

George