Tuesday 9/3/2013
To get to Lower Michigan we had to cross the Straits of Mackinac on the Mackinac Bridge. It cost us $14 to cross over which is really reasonable. |
The Mighty Mac or Big Mac is 5 miles long. Lake Michigan is on our right and Lake Huron is off to the left of the bridge. |
There are 42,000 miles of cable suspending the bridge. |
The outside lane, which Joe drove on is 12 feet wide. We are 9 feet wide, so Joe had 1 1/2 feet on both sides of the RV to stay within. |
Our drive from St. Ignace, MI. to Petoskey, MI. was very short, at 36 miles. This is how we like to travel, slow as a snail! |
As we entered into Petoskey we saw the Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan. |
Petoskey has a population of 5,670 people. The name "Petoskey" means , "where the light shines through the clouds" in the language of the Odawa Indians who where the original inhabitants. |
After going through some of the town area, we turned down a big hill and then turned into a neighborhood. |
At the end of the neighborhood we came to Magnus Park, which is a city RV park. |
Site #8 was worth the wait for the waterfront views. |
This was our view out our front window. We paid $25 a day for this full hook up park. This has to be one of the best deals we have ever had for the location and views. |
The park is also on the walking/bike path, and if you need a hospital it is located one block away behind the park. |
The beach is rocky, but you can swim there, as we saw some children swim one evening. |
This was the house where Mallery chose to roll in. She is a bit of a princess, as she rolls only in the nicest and well kept yards. |
This was another one of the very upper crust homes in our new neighborhood along the bay. |
A block away from the park, the walk/bike path takes you past this little church, |
which is the St. Francis Solanus Indian Mission Church. This church is the oldest building in Emmet County, built is 1859. |
Every night we enjoyed wonderful sunsets. |
We are now in Traverse City, MI., but will blog our adventures in Petoskey, MI, while we have new adventures. |
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