Taquamenon Falls

Having fun visiting another landmark called Taquamenon Falls located in the State Park between Newberry and Paradise

Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point

Another day trip was spent at Shipwreck Museum where we saw items from the many shipwreck's that occurred in Eastern Lake Superior, near Whitefish Point in scenic UP. The most famous was :

Edmund Fitzgerald

Edmund Fitzgerald, St. Mary's River, 1975. Photo by Bob Campbell

The legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald remains the most mysterious and controversial of all shipwreck tales heard around the Great Lakes. Her story is surpassed in books, film and media only by that of the Titanic. Canadian folksinger Gordon Lightfoot inspired popular interest in this vessel with his 1976 ballad, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

The Edmund Fitzgerald was lost with her entire crew of 29 men on Lake Superior November 10, 1975, 17 miles north-northwest of Whitefish Point, Michigan. Whitefish Point is the site of the Whitefish Point Light Station and Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) has conducted three underwater expeditions to the wreck, 1989, 1994, and 1995.

At the request of family members surviving her crew, Fitzgerald's 200 lb. bronze bell was recovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society on July 4, 1995. This expedition was conducted jointly with the National Geographic Society, Canadian Navy, Sony Corporation, and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. The bell is now on display in the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum as a memorial to her lost crew.

Information taken from website

St. Ignace, Mi.

On May 25th 2014 we arrived in St. Ignace

To arrive in St Ignace we crossed the famous Mackinac Bridge. Wow a great experience.

We stayed at a great Passport America campground.

Our first days travel was to Sault Ste. Marie to tour the Soo Locks

The next travel day was to Mackinac Island where we spent the day seeing how the rich and famous lived.

All trafific on the island is by horse and buggy/carriage or bicycle except for the ambulance and fire trucks.

I have always wanted to see the Grand Hotel where the film Somewhere in Time was filmed and even though there was a Govenors meeting in the hotel and we could not go inside it was an item on my "Bucket List"

 Even UPS must ride the boat to the Island and unload to a horse and wagon to deliver the packages

Frankenmuth, Michigan

You must tour BRONNER'S CHRISTmas Wonderland. I have been in many stores featuring Christmas Items but nothing like this one.

After half of a day looking at the decorations and making a few purchases we went into the town of Frankenmuth where we leisurely strolled the streets tasting the fudge and beer and wine they are famous for. Well I drank the wind, Harry the beer and all of us ate fudge.

Next after resting a bit on park benches and listening to sounds of the town we proceeded to eat (again)

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After all the food and good conversation we headed back to our RV's to rest and relax.

Ford Museum

A simple yet bold idea that has preserved objects used in our course of everyday lives. There was so many objects to view and wonder over that we could not take it all in. The building is quite well designed and easy to view. All items are on one floor and we wandered to the areas that we were interested in the most. The women showed more interest in the furniture and cars especially the race cars and the men spent more time in the aviation, old cars and locomotives. But seeing the cars of the Presidents and of course the Oscar Meyer Wiene Mobile was of interest to all of us.

Pat and Harry

Blue Bird School Bus

Love the sewing Machine

John F Kennedy

  Teddy Roosevelt

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Bus that Rosa Parks rode

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Michigan here we come May 18th 2014

We arrived at Detroit-Greenfield RV Park in Ypsilanti, Mi. to meet with our friends to start a tour of the state of Michigan. This is a place that I have wanted to visit for many years. So many people have talked about the beauty of the Great Lakes and now I can see for myself.
The first tour we did was Greenfield Village,

This was quite a step back in history visiting all the historic districts, the working farm, Edison and his inventions, Main Street and all the cars that were on the streets. Henry Ford was an amazing person and during our visit we saw costume's of the period and visited homes of the area.

In addition to Edison several celebrities of the day including J. P Morgan, Marie Curie, Orville Wright, Will Rogers, President Herbert Hoover and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.  

I enjoyed seeing a working phonograph and watching the glass blower's create some beautiful glass works. The working farm and the animals always are a joy to see. There is a steam locomotive that takes you around the village. 

What fun we had in a beautiful setting.

Sweetwater Corp of Engineers Park and visits to grandkids

One of our favorite parks in Georgia is Sweetwater between I-75 in Cartersville and Canton, Ga. This is a great location when "coming back home" to visit friends and family. We love site is 83 where we can face the water. While there we visited our doctors, friends and had some work done on the camper.

While the camper was being serviced we flew to Denver Colorado where we were priviliged to stay with our grandchildren in Aurora, Co. Caitlyn is 10 and Matt is 7 and it is easy to realize your age when caring for children. Caitlyn is getting quite good on her piano and Matt is becoming quite the speaker. While there we were able to see him preform in his 2nd grade play. He was the Narrator and had no problem standing up in front of a crowd.

It was fun listening them as they read to us, as they said their prayers and when they curled up and said I love you. Those memories are so special and life is short to miss those times. We miss being with them on a more frequent basis but cherish those we do share.

We also spent time with our Cumming Ga. grandchildren. They are growing so fast. Taylor will be 16 in July. He is a kind and loving young man with a good work ethic and a devotion to his studies.

Madison will be 13 in August and from the day she arrived in our lives she has been a blessing. As she grows and learns she is developing in her special way. She loves people and is very sensitive to the needs of others.

2014 54th Escapade in Goshen Indiana May 10-19

We are on our way to Goshen, Indiana for our first Escapees Rally, We wanted to see what they do to entertain 448 rigs for a week. We were pleasantly surprised and enjoyed all the activities. Most of all we enjoyed the classes we took part in during the days there.
We came in early and had an 8 hour training session on Saturday to learn how to use our 8.1 windows computer that we had bought a few months ago and still needed to learn to use it more comfortably.
The class was taught by Chris and Jim Guld who also did the class on Picasa and Picasa Web Albums. Also the class on Cloud was very enlightening.
They also did a class on Google Maps which I did not thorougly understand but with their tips I may learn.
Also we took classes on Full Timing and Basic Genealogy.

                                                 Glenda, John, Pat and Harry

                                                                      Harry

We enjoyed being with friends and even though we did not win any prizes we still enjoyed all the fun and fellowship that was provided

Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain Georgia

While visiting with our family we spent a day in Callaway Gardens where we treated ourselves to a breakfast at Callaway Yum, god groceries. Then we proceeded to the gardens. As always it was a  great place to view the wonderful flowers that God has so richly blessed us with.