We finally left Wisconsin! We had a great time there but were beginning to feel like residents. Spent a couple days on the Up
per Peninsula of Michigan with an incredible view of Lake Michigan. The U.P. seems to be more of a place to relax at a rented cabin for a month than a sightseeing location. We were a couple days early f
or a classic wooden boat regatta, but did get to see the beautiful early arrivals. Barb took lots of pics as we traveled across the Mackinac Bridge. Picked up a hitchhiker on the way south! A ladybug crashed into our windshield at 60 MPH & lived. She (we're assuming) crawled around for about 15 minutes snacking on less fortunate bugs til she made it to the edge & blew off. The other ladybugs will never believe her story. We spent a night near Flint & toured the GM Truck Assembly Plant. We were alone on our tour & Roz did a great job explaining all the steps to building 3/4 ton & larger trucks. Funny note - they made us park our Jeep in a far-off parking lot! We thought they were kidding at first. They weren't. Cutting through Canada was a shorter route to Niagara Falls, but not as short as we expected. We waited on the highway about 1.5 hours due to a bomb threat on the brid
ge at Port Huron. T
he bridge did
not blow up & we continued through Canada without incident. Niagara Falls was a fun stop. Not quite brave enough to go over the edge in a barrel, we went on the Maid of the Mist boat tour & got soaked. Just as we dried off, w
e hiked down to Cave of the Winds & really got soaked. Travel brochures revealed we were near the Erie Canal so we took a 2 hour canal cruise. It took us through two modern locks, by five historic locks & under two lift bridges. Over 150 years ago, people were allowed to take the leftover smaller stones when the large stones were cut for the canal. There are 12 "free stone" buildings left in Lockport, NY. Very interesting. We ended our Niagara adventure with a drive to the Canadian side to see the falls lit up at night. They were beautiful but masses of people on a Saturday night kept us from staying too long.
per Peninsula of Michigan with an incredible view of Lake Michigan. The U.P. seems to be more of a place to relax at a rented cabin for a month than a sightseeing location. We were a couple days early f
or a classic wooden boat regatta, but did get to see the beautiful early arrivals. Barb took lots of pics as we traveled across the Mackinac Bridge. Picked up a hitchhiker on the way south! A ladybug crashed into our windshield at 60 MPH & lived. She (we're assuming) crawled around for about 15 minutes snacking on less fortunate bugs til she made it to the edge & blew off. The other ladybugs will never believe her story. We spent a night near Flint & toured the GM Truck Assembly Plant. We were alone on our tour & Roz did a great job explaining all the steps to building 3/4 ton & larger trucks. Funny note - they made us park our Jeep in a far-off parking lot! We thought they were kidding at first. They weren't. Cutting through Canada was a shorter route to Niagara Falls, but not as short as we expected. We waited on the highway about 1.5 hours due to a bomb threat on the brid
ge at Port Huron. T
he bridge did not blow up & we continued through Canada without incident. Niagara Falls was a fun stop. Not quite brave enough to go over the edge in a barrel, we went on the Maid of the Mist boat tour & got soaked. Just as we dried off, w
e hiked down to Cave of the Winds & really got soaked. Travel brochures revealed we were near the Erie Canal so we took a 2 hour canal cruise. It took us through two modern locks, by five historic locks & under two lift bridges. Over 150 years ago, people were allowed to take the leftover smaller stones when the large stones were cut for the canal. There are 12 "free stone" buildings left in Lockport, NY. Very interesting. We ended our Niagara adventure with a drive to the Canadian side to see the falls lit up at night. They were beautiful but masses of people on a Saturday night kept us from staying too long.
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