Suggestions for Retirement Trip
My husband and I are retiring in May! Our plan is to sell our house and moving into the fifth wheel full time for a few years. We have some work to do on the house before it is ready to sell so our ...
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I agree, Michigan is great. See the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. Then head west to the Lake Michigan shoreline and take your time meandering north. Silver Lake SP has sand dunes and a nice, brick lighthouse to see. Ludington SP is one of the state's favorites, and you can take a leisurely stroll about a mile and a half to another lighthouse. Visit Sleeping Bear Dunes and drive to the top of the dune for a wonderful view of the big lake below plus a small lake in the distance. Check out Charlevoix's small shops and Petoskey's "old money" homes. Drive the Tunnel of Trees north of Harbor Springs (no big RVs though, it's a narrow road). Enjoy the shops of Mackinaw City and the view of the mighty Mackinaw Bridge, tour the fort, and get some homestyle cinnamon bread and pecan rolls at the little bakery just north of the main drag. Ride the boat to Mackinaw Island and enjoy a place with no automobiles, where you can rent bikes and ride all the way around the island with no traffic and plenty of lakeside scenery.
Cross the bridge and head into the Upper Peninsula, where there's even more to see, like Kitchi-Ti-Kipi (the Big Spring) and the historic Fayette SP and Tahquamenon Falls and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Copper Country and the Porcupine Mountains SP.
Cross the bridge and head into the Upper Peninsula, where there's even more to see, like Kitchi-Ti-Kipi (the Big Spring) and the historic Fayette SP and Tahquamenon Falls and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Copper Country and the Porcupine Mountains SP.
