The biggest event in our family this fall was the wedding of Jared and Alexandria. Jared is my youngest nephew, the son of my sister Julia and my brother-in-law Mike. I wrote about hosting their shower in August and their wedding was just as much fun as the shower. Jared and Alexandria have been together …
Interrupt This Travelogue
We interrupt this travelogue on our trip to Michigan in order to bring you some of the things that we have been seeing and doing since we got back to Ohio. We have been back for six weeks from our trip, but I will probably be writing about Michigan through the end of the year. …
Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Tahquamenon Falls State Park in the Upper Peninsula is one of the most beautiful state parks in Michigan. Unlike most of the other state parks, Tahquamenon Falls is not located on the shore of a Great Lake. This makes it more like the state parks we have in Ohio. We visited the park on our …
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
Everyone says that the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is the best museum on shipwrecks in Michigan. That made it a priority on this trip. While we were staying in Sault Ste Marie, we all piled in the Shaw’s truck for an all-day outing to the museum. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located in the …
Antlers Family Dining in Sault Ste Marie
Antlers Family Dining is a one-of-a-kind restaurant in Sault Ste Marie. Before we travel to an area, I like to do my research. One of the things I check out is special restaurants listed on TripAdvisor. When I researched Sault Ste Marie, one restaurant that kept coming up was Antlers Family Dining. It also had …
Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
Sault Ste Marie is the second largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Marquette is the largest. The population of Sault Ste Marie is 13,000 so it is not a big city, but it has all the things you would expect to find in a much larger metro area. There are plenty of chain …
Famous Soo Locks Tour in Sault Ste. Marie
While we were in Sault Ste. Marie, we took the Famous Soo Locks Tour. It was the best thing I never knew I wanted to do! I was fascinated by the whole thing and never even realized how interesting riding through the locks could be. It is now on my “must-do” list if you are …
Soo Locks Campground in Sault Ste. Marie
When our time at St. Ignace was up, we headed further north to Soo Locks Campground in Sault Ste. Marie. This was the shortest distance we traveled between campgrounds, so we took our time leaving the campground before heading north. Sault Ste. Marie was the largest town we would be visiting, so we all stopped …
Museum of Ojibwa Culture in St. Ignace
While we were in St. Ignace, we spent some time at the Museum of Ojibwa Culture. The Museum is on the north side of downtown so it is spread out on some land. The statue of Pere Marquette in the front drew us in, but the Museum was an interesting stop. Outside, in the front …
St Ignace Historic Walking Tour
While we were visiting all the Mackinac stuff, we stayed at Straits State Park in St Ignace, Michigan. Because of the proximity of the park to the town, we spent two days doing the Historic Walking Tour of St Ignace. The town of St Ignace only has 2,500 year-round residents, but the population swells in …