We left the "Yoopers" in the UP this morning and are now "down state". We are camped at the Traverse Bay RV Resort in Traverse City for the next 3 nights and then we will start our 2-day trek back home. The WiFi internet service is great--now that Chuck has gone down to the office and had them reset it! Where are we anyways--at Crystal Lake in Naples where Chuck is always working on our WiFi internet service there?
Saturday, Aug 2nd
Today we drove north up and around the Leelaneau Peninsula. We saw miles and miles of cherry trees and many winerys. What a beautiful sight they must be in May with all of the cherry blossoms. Who needs to go to Washington DC with it's traffic to see cherry blossoms!
It is not a good weekend to visit Traverse City. It is Film Festival weekend and Madonna will be here tonight!
We did some grocery shopping after at a new store (for us) - Meijers. It's like a Super Wal Mart. They even sell liquor and wine and I found a large bottle of Piesport wine on sale!
Cherry Trees Laden with Ripe Cherries
Oh! So Sweet Cherries
Yes, we bought a box and have been eating them ever since!
Fields of Purple Wild Flowers, a Beautiful Blue Sky and Barns
Traveling up and down the peninsula, we passed the 45th parallel several times
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Lots of folks were climbing up the dunes
Sunday, Aug 3rd
I spent hours this morning uploading pictures on this blog and I'm still not finished! Chuck did some hand washing on the coach. This afternoon we drove north up the Old Mission Peninsula. There is a lighthouse at the tip of the peninsula with many, many cherry trees and grape vines along the way. There are about 5 winerys along this peninsula too. Traverse city would be a great place to have a Wine Tour Rally!
Old Mission Lighthouse
Grand Traverse Bay is very very shallow here and folks were enjoying wading
Beautiful Green Grapevines Along the Bay
