Stops Along The Way As in all road trips – it’s not just about the destination, but the scenes along the way – so these were a few of the highlighted stops we made. Grand Marais Our main reason for stopping in Grand Marais was to pick up fresh food that we didn’t pack with …
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Golden Eagle Lodge Our cabin in the boundary waters was called Golden Eagle Lodge and one of the main reasons we stayed here (I think) is because they allowed dogs in a few of the cabins and the in-laws brought Linnie – their golden retrieve with them. Golden Eagle Lodge is located on Flour Lake …
Boundary Water Canoe Area One thing I didn’t know going up to the Boundary Waters was that it was one specific set of lakes that are actually considered “Boundary Waters” and they have very specific rules! These lakes don’t allow ANY motors of any times – so boats, drones (whoops), and even power tools to …
Ricky and I love doing outdoorsy activities so when his parents mentioned that they were going back to the Boundary Waters in 2018 – we asked if we could tag along! They drove the long distance there and back, making stops in Michigan and other areas along the way, but we weren’t able to join …
Imagine going to a family reunion for someone you’ve meet once and upon arrival they say their best friend is out on a bear hunt at that exact moment and do we want to meet up? What do you do? Well we said yes! AHAHA And all you need to do is look at my …
Mackinac Island is, well an island. So you have to make plans to get there. We took a ferry over in the morning – Shepler’s. Prices currently online are $27 for an adult round trip. The boat tour was actually really nice and you can sit on the top or underneath and they take …
In the summer of 2018 – Ricky and I joined his friend Joe and, fiancé at the time Libby, for a family reunion in Gaylord Michigan. From bear hunts, to Joe’s cool family and even Mackinac Island – it was pretty awesome. Our timeline was August 3rd-6th which meant weather was perfect up there. August …
Our last full day we took a drive to Torch Lake and obviously had to actually go into Traverse City. To start, we went up the east side of Torch Lake and stopped at a little park we found in order to fly the drone. You couldn’t see much of the lake on this drive …
Right in the middle of the Traverse City Bays is a long peninsula and at the end is an old lighthouse – Mission Point Lighthouse. We had really nice cool weather and wanted to go for a drive to see the lake and fly our drone. In the packet of info our AirBnB left – …
After our drive to Old Mission Point Lighthouse – we stopped and got Panera, Coffee a charger for our gopro annddd then we were on our way to Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes National Lakeshore. TIP: This is actually a part of the National Park Service (which I did not know) so if you have a …