Into the East

Wednesday morning we crossed the line into the Eastern time zone.  For a couple of long-time Midwesterners, this one is hardest to adjust to.  Prime time shows and nightly news are on 1 hour later – being old now we have a hard time staying up.  Paige tries to stay on Central Time to cope with this. 

We have been in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula many times before, usually on long distance motorcycle trips.  Traveling in our RV (complete with our own kitchen and bathroom) makes it easy to pull off the highway for lunch, and a walk on the rocky beach.  This is the view of Lake Michigan at Manistique:

We also had the fun(?) of crossing the Makinac Bridge while they had small craft warnings on the lake below and reduced speeds for high profile vehicles, along with 4 runners who were blocking one of the two lanes going across.

We thought of Nick Russell (the publisher of “Gyspy Journal”) and his fun with high bridges all the way across.  Also, there was maintenance happening with large equipment on the bridge.  Being from Minneapolis and experiencing the 35W bridge collapse, Paige broke out in a cold sweat!

On previous trips we rushed through a lot of the country; now we can slow down to experience more of it.  We are parked for a couple of days in Petoskey MI.  Last evening we took a drive through town and also down the shoreline to Charlevoix.  Along the way, we saw the Golf Club, Equestrian Resort, Yacht Club and MotorCoach Resort.  This is a “high-end” vacation strip, not our normal neighborhood.  We parked at the low-end KOA and are just fine!