The Start of a Michigan Road Trip

 We had originally planned on leaving tomorrow, as we had a dinner date with Mike and Bonnie St Amour, but those plans changed to a lunch date so we made sure we had the RV packed and ready to go for a quick getaway after lunch.  After a delightful lunch at Rush Creek Bistro with Mike and Bonnie, we managed to hit the road at about 3:00.

Our first stop is usually the Ice Box Ice Cream Bars store in Whitehall, but they closed at 3pm so we couldn’t load the freezer with delectable treats like we usually do.

Failing that, we went on to Whitehall and stopped at the Goodrich park right on White Lake and made some sandwiches for dinner.  We then  got the bikes out and rode the Hart-Montague Bike trail to Country Dairy, a distance of about 13 miles one-way.  Country Dairy is another must-stop when heading North on US-31, as the ice cream and the bottomless chocolate milk is the stuff of legend.

We were just getting on our bikes to leave when we heard our names coming  from a car at the drive through window.  It was Cindy and Paul, Alex’s other grandparents, out for a drive and a snack.  We talked to them for just a bit and then headed back to the RV.

Next stop, Silver Lake State Park, where we had reservations for the night.  We took the route past Stony Lake, just for old time’s sake, reminiscing about all the times spent at Camp Ao-Wa-Ki-Ya.  We also enjoy the drive through the Michigan countryside.

We stopped at the Sable Lighthouse to stroll the beach and watch the sunset.  It was dramatically cloudy earlier in the day, but by now it had all but cleared out, with a small band of clouds on the horizon.  But I tried to make the best of what clouds I had and took a few pictures.