There is some excitement around the lodge regarding today’s activity – a pontoon boat rental on Lake Superior, and the viewing of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. We left the house at 8am for our 45min drive to Munising, located on…
2025.07.10 Kitch-iti-kipi and Manistique
We are off to Kitch-iti-kipi this morning. This is Michigan’s largest natural freshwater spring. The water is unbelievably clear, and has a depth of up to 40 feet. The unique method for viewing the spring is to load onto a…
2025.07.09 Games, Pasties, and the Beach
Our Wednesday accidentally turned into a lazy day. We had planned to hit the road and see some sights today, but due to a number of people sleeping in, that didn’t work out. That’s okay…we’re flexible! At one point in…
2025.07.08 Mackinac Island
Today is one of the highlight days of the trip, with a visit to Mackinac Island. This island sits near the point where Michigan’s two peninsula’s nearly touch. The island itself is 8.2 miles long around the perimeter, and is…
2025.07.07 Game Day at Rapid River
As a way to cope with yesterday’s travel challenges, we decided that today would be a stay-at-home game-playing day. And it hit the spot. As soon as everybody finished breakfast, a game of Mexican Train Dominos got started on our…
2025.07.06 Travel to the UP
The King Family visits the Michigan Upper Peninsula! Or, the UP, as it is commonly known. None of us have visited here before, but both Scott and Stephanie came up with the idea independently, so here we are. Miles, Peyton,…
2021.06.18 Wyoming to Home
We lazily spent the morning checking out a few shops in Pinedale, then checked out Camp Fremont, which was an early CCC camp nearby. The CCC built roads, campgrounds, a ski area, and quite a few other projects, which are…
2021.06.17 Jackson Hole & Granite Hot Springs
Spent the morning in Driggs, Idaho. I woke up a few hours earlier than the rest of the group, so I took a walk down the main drag. After check-out, we stopped at a thrift store down the street from…
2021.06.16 Snake River Rafting
The time has come to move on from Montana and Mallory. Boooooo! We enjoyed our time at the Under Canvas campground. As we were loading the car, we walked past a yoga session on the deck of the community tent. …
2021.06.15 Grand Prismatic Spring & Lone Star Geyser
Last day at Yellowstone and still plenty to see. We entered the park around 9am and made a beeline for the Grand Prismatic Spring, the hot spring with the vibrant colors of orange, yellow and blue. Even with our fairly…