After a night’s stay at the best hotel of my trip (a Best Western in Traverse City, MI), I headed for the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. I’d wanted to visit here on the trip two years ago, but I …

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is an interesting place, sparsely populated and full of scrub forests of pine and deciduous trees, It seems that only near the lake shores can you find normal-sized trees! Perhaps it’s because of the hard …

I spent most of a leisurely day driving US 23 along the shore of Lake Huron, and it was a wonderful day for a drive! The sun was mostly out, there was a cooling breeze off the lake, and traffic …

Today wasn’t terribly exciting, a lazy start to the day followed by a 4-hour drive up to Birch Run, Michigan. Birch Run is just outside of Frankenmuth, which is famous for being a bit of Bavaria in America, so of …

After a lazy morning, I took off for Malabar Farm State Park, a wonderful place with lots of opportunities for photographs. I’ll leave you to look up the history of the place and its owner, Louis Bromfield, yourself, although a …

I forgot to mention that there was a big family at the table next to mine at Barley’s Brewing (my favorite brewpub in Columbus, OH – nice atmosphere and great food and beer). No, I mean BIG. Really big. And …

Today was a day of backroads driving from West Virginia to central Ohio, and it was idyllic scenery indeed. Even the sky added appropriate interest, with dramatic clouds. I stopped at two State Parks to shoot archery; the first was …

I drove to White Hill, WV yesterday in a mix of sunshine, clouds, wind, and rain. Traffic was heavy most of the way, but generally not so much as to create issues outside of several construction zones on I-81 in …

It’s Wednesday evening, almost time for bed, and I leave on the trip Friday morning bright and early! So excited.

Coming soon to a blog near you, details (and, if it’s not raining this year, PHOTOS!) of this summer’s trip. I’ll be swinging down through Pennsylvania and West Virginia on my way to some state park archery ranges in Ohio. …