Northern Michigan, Part 1
Well, moving day came and went, and we were finally able to head out on this adventure-of-a-lifetime. We headed north and east to Michigan, where our son and his family live. Our grandson, John, was home from school during Covid, and watched a YouTube video series about national parks. When he realized that there was one IN HIS VERY OWN STATE, he asked his parents if "we can please go to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore." We jumped on that bandwagon, and took him north last summer. We toured the lakeshore, and his Grandpa John's hometown of Grand Marais, MI. It was lots of fun, until Grandpa John's heart decided it was time to cause a little drama, something it does periodically. It resulted in Grandpa John taking a ride in the flashy car across the Mackinac Bridge, with Grandma, Dad, and John following behind. We had to skip a few stops on our tour, so we worked those in, this summer. (Here we take a stop to clarify that no, the Peterman...