Day 21 -

We spent the night at the Kewadin casino in Sault Ste Marie. I made a little money in the morning, that was nice

We drove over to Canada and did some sightseeing and ate lunch at the Westside Cafe.  The fried whitefish was very good.

We visited the old locks and watched some boat go through them.  We went through the Panamal Canal locks on a cruise ship a couple of years ago.  So now we seen the process from both views.

We then hiked the trail on Whitefish Island and saw the rapids.

Then back over the bridge to the US of A and a beautiful sunset.

Day 20 - Made it to Sault Ste. Marie

We spent the night at the Kewadin casino  in St Ignace, that is another nice casino to overnight at.

We took one last drive through the town and had to make last tourist stop. 

We stopped at Castle Rock and checked out the gift shop.  We did not climb the stairs to the top.

We then headed to De Tour, MI, a little town that was very busy.  We stopped at the De Tour Village Inn and I bought a mushroom Swiss cheese burger, it was very good.

From there we made it to Pickford, MI and visited the farmers market.  I bought a strawberry scone to eat later tonight.  We also stopped at The Junk Trunk, a place with many different treasures.

We left there and headed to Sault Ste Marie and met some fellow Pleasure Way owners we had seen driving down the road a few days earlier.

Day 19 - Still in St Ignace

We spent the night at the Family Dollar store, it was okay. 

We toured the Museum of Ojibwa Culture.

From there we headed to Bessie's Home Made Pasties for lunch.

From there we headed to the City of Ignace Public Marina.  We parked there and walked around town including going out to the lighthouse.

Day 18 - Made it to St Ignace

We left the Odawa Casino about 9 am and headed to Magnus City Park. 

While there we dumped our tanks and filled the freshwater tank for $5, a good deal.  We walked along the shoreline and picked up a bunch of Petoskey Stones. 

Leaving there we headed to Mackinac City and visited Hunt's Pastie and Cookie Company.  We each had one, they were okay, but not great.  We thought they should have had a little more meat in them.

We then went to visit the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, it is a museum now, but was a very important ice breaker when in service.

We then headed to the Mackinac Bridge.  I have a fear of high bridges over water after my injury in the Coast Guard, so I took advantage of the driving service the bridge has.  We called and a driver came out and drove us over. 

We are now in St Ignace and will tour the town tomorrow.

Day 17 - Still in Petoskey

We spent the night at the Odawa Casino in Petoskey.  They have a nice section for RVs, room for about 20 RVs.

We went back to Charlevoix, MI to check out an art show in town.  After that we drove around and checked out the mushroom houses in town.  They are very unique and storybook looking.

 After driving back to Petoskey we visited the casino again and made back the little money we lost last night.

Day 16 - Made it to Petoskey

We left Platte River Campground and did some sightseeing in the area.

First stop was the little village of Empire, they were some nice art stores there.  The Masonic Temple had an interesting light on it.

From there to the Coast Guard Station Sleeping Bear Point Station.  The boat house had a couple of nice old surf board, one an original and one a reproduction.  There was some interesting items there including a Lyle line throwing cannon.

From there we stopped at the Climbing Dune, there was a lot of people there enjoying the day climbing the dune.




Leaving the Climbing Dune we headed to the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive.  The scenic overlooks had some great views.  One of the overlooks had a place where people would go down the dune towards the lake.  It is not something the parks wants people to do, it's dangerous, but people love danger.

On the road still heading north we stopped for the night in Petoskey.