Wagon Train West - Michigan

July 6 & 7, 2014
We are thrilled to be on the road again.  This is our 3rd full time anniversary (36 months, 1080 days)  - and it's easy to remember cause it's time to pay the Motorhome insurance.  Honestly we are still pinching ourselves everyday cause we are so lucky we both love this life.
The goal this summer is to see the Rocky Mountains in the USA and Canada and end up along the California coast before we warehouse the RV and fly back to Ontario.
Looking at the map the logical way out west is across from Detroit and run the bottom of Chicago.  HOWEVER,,,,, yes that is a big however!   We have made several trips to Iowa and there has never been a good time to drive through Chicago, between the traffic and construction.  So my brother had the ingenious idea that we should take Interstate 75 north through Michigan and cross at the Mackinaw Bridge then turn left.  Brilliant.   So that is what we did.  Good for us heading north on Interstate 75 and bad for those coming back from the July 4th weekend.  Never have we seen such a bad traffic jam going southbound, back from cottage country.  From Saginaw up it was stop and go and mostly stopped for 60 miles.  It was the worst traffic jam we have ever seen in 3 years on the road.
Our ride north was fine and our first stop was in Mackinaw City at the KOA.   Nice campground for the night. 

Mackinaw Bridge

Then taking the 5th longest suspension bridge in the world the  Mighty Mack Bridge into the "UP"  Upper Peninsula. 

entering the U P - excellent share the road motorcycle sign

This would be a beautiful place to stay for a week, we have done this on the bike previously so it is still on the list to come back in the motorhome.  Lots of motorcycles and campers on the road.  Summer season is here.

View from the motorhome on Hwy 2

The ride along Lake Michigan on Hwy 2 was very scenic with many miles along the coast of Lake Michigan.  The road is often 3 lanes and has big wide shoulders so it was great with the motorhome.  The second night we are staying in Iron Mountain, an old mining town just on the edge of Michigan and Wisconsin.  Cute little campground called Summer Breeze.
If you like going under ground you can visit the mine and they will take you 400 feet into the Iron Mines.

But Billy and I are above ground people you might say,,,,,,,,   We prefer to keep our feet in the sun.  :)