We spent 8 days visiting Chicago.

We spent 8 days visiting Chicago. We choose the Paul Wolff Campground about 22 miles out from Chicago center.  From there we were able to take the Metra system into Chicago's Union Station which is about 10-15 blocks from Navy Pier and the waterfront area. We bought a 5 day GoChicago pass for each of us which we downloaded to our smartphones. These could be scanned at each activity/event in lieu of printing out tickets. The first two days we took our bikes on the Metra to get around the city.  The second two days we purchased a two day Water Taxi pass for navigating the city. The water taxis were definitely more fun and were a little easier to use than the bikes but we were limited to their routes. All in all it turned out to be a good way to tour the city and we had a wonderful time. Chicago is a very interesting and vibrant town. We're glad we took the time stop even though we were somewhat fearful of doing in/from an RV.

Been so busy traveling we haven't spent much time posting although weare still taking pictures!

Been so busy traveling we haven't spent much time posting although we are still taking pictures! We arrived in Houghton, Michigan and were able to book 4 days in a beautiful spot on the Keweenaw Waterway at the Houghton City Park. From there we visited Michigan Tech University which held especially fond memories for Dagmar. She accompanied a girlfriend she worked with in Detroit to orientation weekend here almost 40 years ago and couldn't wait to show it to me. We visited the Quincy copper mine, drove to Copper Harbor along the Lake Superior shore, biked along the Keweenaw Waterway and walked among Michigan's old growth pines. From there we headed to Marquette, home of Northern Michigan University and the worlds largest wooden dome. We did a longish 18 mile bike ride along the Lake Superior shore and around Presque Isle Park. We chose an absolutely beautiful day for the ride, stopping for breakfast at an outdoor cafe, being wowed by a group of about 100 bikers dressed in silly clothes and strange bikes out for a morning ride as well. Next day we visited Lakenenland, a display of 80 interesting sculptures. Then it was on to Munising and a boat tour of the 200' towering cliffs of Picture Rocks National Seashore. Again we had a beautiful water site and since it was supposed to rain the next day we decided to take the late afternoon boat tour. The weather was definitely cool, with a little bit of spitty rain, but that just added to the nautical flavor of the tour. The tour itself was one of the best we've taken by boat, 2 1/2 of pure delight. Next day, it did indeed storm, and we spent most of the day inside the RV looking at the wind blow the waves higher and higher.
Then on to Sault Ste Marie. Dagmar tells me that "Sault" is actually French for 'river' and it is also pronounced "Soo".  We, of course, had to tour the Soo Locks both Canandian and American, which was another 2 hour boat cruise. We had a great RV spot directly on the St Mary's river at the Elks club. Our spot was so good we decided to do the Mackinac Island from there so we drove about 50 minutes south to catch the ferry in St. Ignace. We chose the Star Line Ferry because the have the big fan tails from their jet drives. Again the day was beautiful and sunny. Bill & Shirley Boyce, one of our friends from Arizona, call Mackinac Island the island of "horseshit and fudge". The island does have a distinctive aroma because transportation is either horse, of which there are over 600, or bicycle which they rent by the 1000's to visitors. And about every other shop does sell fudge, but it is delicious and every kind imaginable. The view from Fort Mackinac to the harbor is stunning, worth the trip itself!!

Dagmar Liem was tagged in David Liem's album.

Dagmar Liem was tagged in David Liem's album.

Just finishing up our visit to Bayfield, the main city for visiting theApostle Islands National Seashore.

Just finishing up our visit to Bayfield, the main city for visiting the Apostle Islands National Seashore. Also stayed in Ashland about 20 miles away because everything was full in Bayfield after two nights there. That meant we made several day trips back and forth. Both cities have their own charm. Bayfield for all of its tourist activities and Ashland for a great lakeside City RV park. Today we head for Houghton, Michigan. We  called ahead and were able to get four nights of full hookups, yeah!