![]() ![]() Things we weren’t expecting when we started out: ALL insanely tough unpaved, potholed, winding rock/sand “roads” -!! We noted right away that a TON of people were at the campground with insane souped up ATVs. We started the morning with some peanut butter banana bread & hot oatmeal, then were on our way. Unfortunately the first 2 nights were too cloudy to see stars in the pitch black, so onto day 3 it was!įor our 3rd day we opted to check out the mouth of the Two Hearted River on Lake Superior AND a lighthouse a half hour past that (Crisp Point Lighthouse). We also did some pre-exploring further down paths along Lake Superior for Jason’s plans to capture some stars & the Milky Way at night throughout the week. ![]() (This actually turned out to be true- no illness at all the entire week that we used it!) We found out recently that the reason European countries keep mayo on the restaurant tables is that commercially made/ large corporate mayo is actually stable at room temperature and won’t go bad due to how it’s processed. Since we have no fridge, we immediately made our BLTs inside (since it was windy outside for a couple days and we didn’t want to waste our firewood) with tomatoes from our garden. She was unusually quiet and timid at first (we think confused that the beds, seats, and stove were ALL in ONE room). We found an immense amount of rocks (many unique to Lake Superior itself), Jason confused our puppy by skipping rocks along the water, and we headed in for the night so our puppy could be introduced to the pop-up. Upon arriving we found out from the rangers that one website was wrong in saying that there was a dog park, so after we set up the pop-up trailer & got our cat settled in, we took the dogs out on a walk along Lake Superior on the beach. **We made plans to hit a couple of those up on the way home since we wanted to get to the campground promptly. and needed an encapsulated meal that they could eat at work)). tradition in Michigan came from British settlers who went off to work in the U.P. This piqued our interest because we often get British treats from 2 local farmer’s markets & we missed the week they made “pasties.” ((We wondered about this and Googled to find out that INDEED this U.P. On our way up on the 7 hour drive we crossed the Mackinaw Bridge (which reminded us of drives over the San Francisco Bay Bridge) and noted many “Pasty” and smoked fish shops. on Lake Superior and Muskallonge Lake (literally a thin strip of land touching both). 5 years and thus far have taken our pets to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, & more! This time around we booked our stay for the mid-Northeast of the U.P. Our newly 1 year old puppy Rizzo who we’ve had for less than 10 months has never gone camping, so we were excited to introduce her to our pop-up and adventure! We’ve had our pop-up for 2. Due to work, we didn’t have time until the last second to plan anything, Jenny polled some Michigan camping groups in the couple days prior, and after 6 autumns of wanting to, we finally booked and ventured up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with our 3 pets. We finally realized that we could borrow Jenny’s parents’ new travel toilet, so that eased our intense credible worries about that. We were also concerned about community bathrooms during a Pandemic since our pop-up doesn’t have its own toilet, so in the 3+ months that it’s been legal to camp in Michigan, we’ve been trying to weigh the pros/ cons. We’ve been a bit preoccupied with a million client reschedulings, re-booking spring/ summer/ fall 2020 clients to new dates, staying healthy, keeping our business afloat during a Pandemic, and more to really plan any enjoyable or relaxing trip for our little family (something we usually do within the first week of September for Jenny’s birthday). 5 days ago we returned from our 1st (only?) camping trip of 2020. ![]()
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