Tag: Great Lakes
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Wakefield to Gaylord, MI
Day Eight, we have now driven 3650 miles, with 750 miles to go. We both had sore shoulders today and started late. We also stopped frequently at various sites along three of the Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, and Huron). Tonight we are staying at a nice Best Western in Gaylord for $105. We enjoyed the…
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Steinbach, MB to Wakefield, MI
Day Seven: We have driven 3300 miles from Healy, Alaska and have 1100 miles remaining. We are ready to be home! We left Canada this morning, happy to be back to miles per hour, which we can clearly see on the speedometer. Neither of us can reasonably read the kilometers per hour markings on the…
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Day Two, 4 States and 2 Swans
Today, we started in Ohio and ended in Eau Claire, WI. We saw 2 tundra swans flying north towards Lake Michigan. We also saw a lot of deer (and so many deer stands near the highway!) We drove over 500 miles, including stop-and-go traffic thru Chicago. Our 3 previous trips to Alaska I have…
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Day 17, Niagara Falls
Today we crossed the US/Canada border four times (2 crossings were unplanned as C left his phone at his nephew’s as we discovered just 15 miles down the road). We drove from Port Huron, MI to Bradford, PA adding about 2 hours to see Niagara Falls. We arrived at Niagara Falls, Ontario at nearly 6…
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Day 16 Grayling to Port Huron, MI
Yesterday we drove half the day, then spent the remainder visiting C’s nephew and family on the thumb of Michigan. We greatly enjoyed our visit. We also got a good look at Lake Huron and at the river route between Lake Huron and Lake Erie.
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Day 15, Three Lakes to Grayling, MI
Loads of excellent scenery today, but no wildlife. Fall colors were excellent for many miles in upper Michigan and finally included some excellent reds, along with orange, yellow and green. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior was gorgeous. Lake Michigan was beautiful as well. We were pleasantly surprised that scenic Highway 2 had sand…
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