July 30 - 31
Stopped in the visitors center before leaving Sleeping Bear NL and saw this gorgeous quilt.
Drove north along the coastline
Sculpture in front of the Grand Traverse Lighthouse
Don't know what this was that we found on the beach
Saw lots of Sand Hill Cranes
The actual recipe for making this monstrosity
Followed the signs in Charlevoix to see the Mushroom Houses built by self taught Earl Young
A sweet little bridge
Cool rocks picked up along the shore
And we found a ton of Petosky stones - fossilized coral
We drove to Mackinaw City, hoping to find a free spot to camp in the ferry lot, since we'd be taking it the next morning , but overnighting was not allowed. We drove to a 24 hour Dark Sky designated park, only to find we could not sleep there either. Across the street was a historic village that also served as overflow parking for the Dark Skies park. Thought we could get away with spending the night there but a docent came by and informed us that we were wrong. Went down a dirt road into the national forest, but all the designated camping spots were filled. I was exhausted and finally just pulled into a turnoff on the dirt road and hoped the ranger or sheriff didn't come by. We were fortunate, they did not. We definitely need to rethink our "fly by the seat of our pants" way we've been traveling when it comes to the midwest and east!
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