Mackinac Island,MI

The Happy Travelers made several friends, this guy was pretty silent.
New friends, Julian and Joann from Broadway, Virginia....also very good sports to pose with the Big Black Bear.
Beth and Babe, our transportation for the first half of our trip.




Beach scenes from the upper portion of the island.


The rock arch...great picture location.
These are a couple of quick shots of the Grand Hotel, an outstanding resort, very exclusive....$400+ a night, each room decorated differently. They actually charge $10 to take a look in their lobby. Following these 2 pictures are shots taken along our horse draw carriage ride. Beautiful....Beautiful...









This was an amazingly wonderful day shared with new friends. More from your extremely Happy Travelers later.

Petoskey, MI

We stopped in at the Welcome Center in Mackinaw City and this lovely lady was so kind to spend a good bit of time with us. We left with an armhold of informational booklets and a suggestion to drive down to Petoskey, a beautiful town on the water with a great grocery store, Meijer.

These are a couple of shots from Sturgeon Bay...a very rough drive that went by the water and gave you a view of the water in several places.

We drove down to Petoskey, a beautiful town on a Bay. As we were leaving the city, I saw a block of historical treasures....beautifully restored Victorian homes...unbelievable but no where to stop. Thus no pictures. We did stop at the city park and the following pictures are views of the bay, the ships docked, and the views of the mountains in the distance. Also some beautiful flowers. Actually a lovely park.






Couldn't help but think about my grandchildren. This is a playground with a view. Just lovely.
Tomorrow it is supposed to rain again so it will be Monday before we get to Mackinac Island. More later from the Happy Travelers...a little sloggy but still smiling.

New location and new friends

This is Frank, Barbara and Buddy...new friends who are parked next to us at the KOA in Mackinaw City. We got to share the afternoon together talking about life, politics, education, camping, etc. Afterwards we went to dinner together. It was really good to make new friends with folks from our part of the world...Carolina and Georgia...They are moving on tomorrow, going west but were able to give us the scoop on the places we are planning on visiting in the next few days.
These weren't your usual tee shirts. Thought they would give everyone a laugh. These were in the window of one of the upscale teeshirt shops in the the City of Mackinaw.


We had some really good fish and chips for dinner. Afterwards we took a walk around this scenic village. Lots of tee shirt shops, fudge shops, gift shops, and places to wet your whistle....lots of places to spend your bucks.



I have never seen so many flavors of popcorn. These lovely ladies did their very best to make a sale---real cuties!!!

Everywhere I go I find beautiful flowers. Amazing since it is really pretty chilly here. Barely 70 degrees with some pretty brisk winds.


Well tomorrow or the next day....sometime soon, we will be traveling to the island, the falls, the locks.....more later from your Happy Travelers.

Lake Shore Camping Resort, Davison, MI

These are several pictures of our current address. It is a large--very large--campground with cabins. We are outside of Flint, MI, northwest of Detroit. There is an outdoor pool and a beach with a playground. I couldn't help but think about my grandchildren...they would love the beach.




We share this lake with these guys.

Sunset -- isn't it beautiful.
More later from your Happy Travelers.