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Three days in Traverse City, MI–Big Trip #1
We visited Traverse City in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. We spent Memorial Day Weekend in Traverse City, Michigan. It’s a cute, fun little town, with several distinct neighborhoods wrapped around the Grand Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan. There are lots of running options around town, good hiking nearby, and many breweries in the area! Campground We stayed…
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One day in Mackinaw City, MI–Big Trip #1
We visited Mackinaw City in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. Here’s another pronunciation lesson for you, courtesy of the State of Michigan: Cross the Straits of Mackinac on the Mackinac Bridge into Mackinaw City, which is a short boat ride from Mackinac Island, and they are all said Mackinaw… even though Mackinac is much catchier,…
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Two days in Sault Ste. Marie, MI–Big Trip #1
We visited Sault Ste Marie in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. After Houghton, we had a few days of play in our schedule before we were due in Traverse City, so after extensive googling and debating we decided to spend part of that time in Sault Ste. Marie. That’s pronounced “soo saint marie.” We loved our campsite–another sweet waterfront…
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Three days in Houghton, MI–Big Trip #1
We visited Houghton in late May 2016, as part of Big Trip #1. Raise your hand if you can point out Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on a map. Anyone? Yeah, I couldn’t either. Michigan is often referred to as the Mitten State, because, well, look at it and you’ll see the mitten and thumb. But look closer and you’ll…
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One night in Chippewa Falls, WI–Big Trip #1
We visited Chippewa Falls in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. We left South Dakota early, anxious to get to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, so drove as far as our sanity could handle and picked as our destination a nearby town we’d heard of but didn’t know anything about: Chippewa Falls, WI. Turns out that’s where…
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Badlands National Park
We visited Badlands in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. We moved an hour east to a little campground in Interior, SD, for a night to more easily access Badlands National Park than we could from Custer. Interior is a funny little town with not much to offer, but that was ok because our campsite…
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Two days in Custer, SD–Big Trip #1
We visited Custer in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. Custer is a cute little Western town with a few restaurants, a couple bars, and even a coffeeshop with wifi. It’s the closest town to Custer State Park and Mount Rushmore. We were sort of expecting Mount Rushmore to be a check-the-box kind of visit,…
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Where in the world is Bugsy Sandiego?
We wrote this post at the conclusion of Big Trip #1! We’re home! We arrived yesterday at our regular, oddly spacious and non-mobile home in Virginia, after stopping at my sister’s in NC to pick up our other car which she graciously car-sat while we were gone. I’ve got lots of posts to write, but left my computer…
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A few clarifications…
We wrote this post while on Big Trip #1 in 2016! Based on a few questions we’ve gotten recently, it seems that I need to clarify a few things. To those of you who are commenting and asking questions, thank you! I am happy anyone is paying enough attention to our trip to have questions!…
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Two days in Laramie, WY–Big Trip #1
We visited Laramie in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. We didn’t do a whole lot in Laramie. It’s a sleepy Old West city, home of the University of Wyoming, a couple breweries, a charming little crossroads of a downtown, and not much else. Except for the first hour we were in town, the weather was terrible–snow and…
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