Thursday, September 15, 2016

September 9-13, 2016-Good-bye Michigan...Hello Indiana~Shipshewana~Amish Buffet~Flea Market

Friday September 9, 2016- This morning we take off from Finn Road Park in Bay City, Michigan & head to a new destination & a new state....Indiana!
                   The Co-Pilot is always ready to move to a new destination.(All New Sniffs!)
                                                       
                   Otis & I take the car & wait for Len at the office for hook up, He finishes up at the site..


 Hooking up!
                                                             Come on....let's go!
                                                     
                                                  Come on Mom.....quit taking pictures, shut the door so we can go!!!!
                                                                             Here we go!
                                                    

 I like the country roads, but we can't make good time if we stay country soooooo......
                                                  We're going to jump on the interstate to make better time!
                                                     

                                                Good-Bye Michigan~Hello Indiana!
                                               
 We have already had our lunch stop, now a gas stop. If Lennie doesn't hurry up, Otis plans to take the wheel????
                                            AAAAAH Indiana....I love your countryside!
                                       



                   Oh-Oh......we have reached our destination of Shipshewana, Indiana!
                                                  
We are in Amish Country. Poor Otis, the Amish Horse & buggies just drives him CRAZY!!!!


NEXT RIGHT!!!! 
                                         
                                      Our site at Shipshewana RV Park
                                  Shipshewana South Campgrounds. We have been here several times!

After dinner & dishes we took Otis for his nightly walk. When he hears a Amish horse & buggy coming he gets all hyped up! If anyone saw him running to the end of his leash tonight, they would have never guessed it wasn't that long ago he was limping like a little old man dog! Tonight he was running like a young pup!!!
Before we even went to bed it had started raining. By bedtime it was no longer raining.....it was POURING!!!! I hope our visit to Shipshewana isn't going to be a "wash out"???😐😕

Friday, September 9, 2016

September 5-8, 2016-Finn Road Park in Bay City, Mi~Scary bike ride!~Checking out Saginaw~ Frankenmuth

Monday September 5, 2016- This morning we are leaving Leelanau Pines in Cedar, Michigan our destination is Finn Road Campgrounds in Bay City, Michigan
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                                                              Ready for Take-Off???
                                         
                                                                                                 I'm Ready"




 Hooked up, ready to roll!
                                                               

                     I'm trying to convince Otis he can ride on the floor, or his bed, just not my lap!?!




He's trying to tell me, MY LAP is the only place he wants to ride!

                              Heading out on Labor Day Monday, I love these country roads
                            
                                                                                 & country scenery!

                                       Oh Oh....what happened to the country!?!
                                                                    Time to test our boost!

                                                                   Top of the Hill?
                                    Time to jump in the Labor Day Weekend traffic!?!
                                                               

                                     Traffic as far as we can see!
 When we reached the end of it, we saw no road construction or accident, it was just holiday traffic!
Bay City is now in sight!
                                                 

                                                     The park must be out in the boonies!?!
                                                   
 We're here! This campgrounds is another CITY PARK, it really nice! Lots of shade, concrete pads, beautiful Grass! Otis is going to love that, plenty of new sniffs!

Nice site!!!
 For our Labor Day dinner, Lennie is grilling up the turkey legs we bought at the Farmer's Market in Petoskey!
                                            
 

Yummy! Turns out 2 drumsticks was too many! We shared one!!!
Happy Labor Day!

Sunday, September 4, 2016

September 2-4, 2016-Leelanau Pines in Cedar, Mi~Mission Point Lighthouse~Sleeping Bear Dunes

Friday September 2, 2016-Today we leave Magnus Park in Petoskey, our destination is Leelanau Pines in Cedar, Michigan. It's not a far drive so we don't have to leave that early, therefore first we walk to the Farmer's Market in Petoskey!


                                                                  We took more of an "uptown" walk, we cut off the LTW a few blocks early!


                                                 Small Farmer's Market going on....
                                                           AAAAAH.......Fall!?!
                                                
 We actually bought something! Tomatoes & frozen turkey legs! Can't wait to put those turkey legs on the grill!
                           This is the same view, but now we're walking back to Magnus Park.

                                 This is the first time I've seen signs like this along the beach!
                                                                         Packing it up!
 I take Otis for his last potty walk here before we leave. Looks like the stone hunters are out in force                                                                       this morning!
                                                                      

                                                This lady even got her dog into the act!
 I've  had my eye on this rock since we first started walking along the path here. This is one rock, but to a TURTLE collector such as myself......I see a TURTLE basking on a log in the sun???
                                                Loading the bikes, just about take-off time!
                                                         Oh Yeah....we're ready to roll!
                             Last view of Little Traverse Bay as we get ready to pull away!
                                                              We're on the way!!!
                                               The draw bridge is open in Charlevoix
                                                              Look here we come!
 Our lunch stop!!! Actually we needed a few things but Sam's Club does have a goood hot dog!!!!
                                                                  

I think this next campgrounds might be out in the country? It sure is a nice drive!

                                                          


                                               

                                                     
                                                                           We're here!
                                                           
                                                                                         The drive into the park.....

 Checking in at the office,,,,
Our site

After dinner, we take Otis for his first time sniffs at a new campground! It gives us a chance to look the park over while Otis gets his exercise!


                This is the view from across Lake Leelanau, those lucky cows have a lake view farm!
                                              It's fishing paradise at this campground....
                                                  




                                
                                                          Otis has to sniff  EVERY BLADE OF GRASS!?!

                         This campgrounds is mostly permanent campers, & I think most of them are into hunting & fishing!!
We only have a couple of days here, tomorrow we go do a little sightseeing!