The end of summer is here and we haven’t posted any blogs since spring and the Chicago trip. Just because we haven’t posted any blogs doesn’t mean we haven’t been on the move. The fact is, this summer has been to fast to sit down at the old computer and write about our adventures. Now that it is almost October the pace has slowed just a little.
After the Chicago trip we spent a week at the lake Michigan shore playing at one of Harry’s favorite places the Silver Lake sand dunes. Harry likes the big open white sand beaches and playing out on the dunes with the Jeep.
Another trip was back to the upper part of Michigan to East Jordan on Lake Charlevoix. This time we had the great company of Bud and Carol on this trip. Being the good friend that Bud is, he towed our boat behind his motor home as we towed our trailer behind the Jeep. We stayed at the East Jordan Tourist Park. We have camped here with Bud and Carol a couple of years ago. It is a great place to use as a home base to explore the surrounding area, which we did by car and boat. After about ten days together Bud and Carol had to head for home. We hooked up the trailer and moved over to Interlochen state park, which is just across the road from the Interlochen Center of the Arts. At the center of the arts we had third row seats to see Garrison Keillor with the “A Prairie Home Companion Summer Road Show”. He is the guy who has the Sunday PBS radio show and talks about his hometown of Lake Wobegon. This was one very funny and entertaining two and one half hour show.
A couple of weeks ago Bobbi and her friend Susie took a two-day trip to go shopping at the giant flea market and the town of Shipshewana Ind. While Bobbi was shopping and spending money Harry packed a duffel on the motorcycle and headed up to the Mackinaw City Mi. area to visit with his friend Mel and do some biking around the northern part of Michigan for a couple of days. Almost 800 miles in two days, is just about too much for this not so young rider.
We are almost caught up ! This week, the last week of September we hooked up the trailer and set out for one of our favorite places this time of year, the Jersey Shore.
We traveled the Lincoln Highway (route 30) from Ohio thru Pennsylvania. Not a route to travel, pulling a trailer. The mountains sure put a strain on the truck and braking system. All things considered, the scenery and historic buildings and towns made this route worth it. Two days of travel later we arrived in New Jersey. The next morning we set out for the beach at Ocean City and unload the bicycles to tour the boardwalk and the town. Six miles on the bikes this day. We had some very nice weather for September, and a lot of people were taking advantage of it at the beach, clear in the 90s and a nice breeze. After our day at the beach we go north to Margate NJ. to see the worlds largest elephant Lucy, which was built in the 1800 as a tourist attraction
The next day we go to Wildwoods NJ. to ride the bikes on their three miles of boardwalk and check out the town of Wildwoods. Eight miles on the bikes this day. The bikes are loaded up in the truck and we travel on down the coast to check out the old Victorian houses in Cape May.
Next morning hook the trailer up, and head back west to home.
