Monthly Archives: July 2018
Bad River Casino
July 10, 2018 We stayed one night at Bad River Casino. It was what I call “a parking lot with benefits”. They are located right on Rte 2, have electric hook ups, a free dump station, gas station, gift shop, … Continue reading
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
July 10, 2018 We headed out to the pretty little town of Bayfield where the main National Park Visitor Center for the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is located. It is housed in a beautiful old courthouse and has a movie … Continue reading
Copper Peak Ski Flying
July 8, 2018 Copper Peak, near Ironwood, Michigan, is the largest artificial ski jump in the world. Ski flying events were held here from 1970 until 1994, when it closed due to financial difficulties. I’ve always called this sport ski … Continue reading
Black River Harbor
July 7-9, 2018 We headed out of copper country and wound our way down and around the beautiful Porcupine Mountains, then out along scenic County Road 513 to settle in for a few days at Black River Harbor campground in … Continue reading
A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum
July 6, 2018 As mentioned in an earlier post, Chloe and I both love rocks so it was with glad hearts that we discovered Michigan Tech has a museum totally dedicated to rocks (well, OK, minerals… which are rocks). For … Continue reading
Fourth of July
July 4, 2018 There were no sites available at Fort Wilkins for the Fourth of July due to Copper Harbor’s big celebration so we had to roll out, but not until after their parade rolled through the campground. The walking … Continue reading
F. J. McClain State Park
July 4-6, 2018 F. J. McLean State Park is right on the shore of Lake Michigan. So much so that part of the campground is now IN Lake Michigan. A past winter storm took out part of their camp road … Continue reading
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park
Campground There are two campgrounds – East and West – with a total of 165 sites. The West campground has an extension with large pull-through sites, 50amp electric, community areas, and firepits. We opted to stay in the East campground … Continue reading
Spirit of the Woods 