Michigan so far

Wow, have we been busy.  The days we've had free so far have been filled with laundry, grocery shopping, or just resting.  We have seen so much and the bus tours have been eight or ten hours long.  So now I'll send some pictures.

Before the tour started we drove up to Hell, MI for lunch.

This is the tavern we had lunch in. The town is tiny, but it has two bars. 

The first day of the tour we went to Greenfield Village and The Ford Museum.  

We took the train around the village first.

After we walked through the village we went to the museum.  This a presidential limo.  The have several from Ike to Reagan.

The next day we toured Jiffy Mix factory

To go in the factory we had to cover our hair.  Dad has more hair than most.

We toured a restored theater in Ann Arbor after driving through Michigan University.

This is the Motown Museum.  Our guide was really great.  

Then we went up to Lansing and toured the capitol.

The is the governor when Bev and I were born. I can't remember his name, but I think it was Kelly.

We also drove through Michigan State.  This is the dairy part of MSU and we got some Ice Cream.  Yum

Here we are in Grand Rapids where the Oldsmobile was/is made.

This is the logo of Body by Fisher from back in the day.

We toured a OLD house that is a museum now.

We took a buggy ride through some dunes near Grand Rapids.

This is a Frank Lloyd Wright House.

We went to the Fred Myjer Gardens.  It has a Chuly in the lobby.

The gardens are beautiful.

As well as the art

In Holland, MI we saw wooden shoes being made.

This lady is hand painting a Delft jar.

I told you your dad has big feet.

This is a sign at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Seashore.

You can walk out over the dunes and see Lake Michigan.

People really go down and then try hard to climb back up.  If you get into trouble the Coast Guard comes out to save you for $750.  Oops.

We had some Moomers ice cream and it is as good as Ben and Jerry's. It's local and you can only get it around here.

Now we are in Sault  Ste Marie.  We took a dinner trip on Ste. Mary's River last night.  We got to go through the locks to bypass the rapids.

Here we are in the lock going one way.  We went through two different ones.  Very interesting

This the campground we are staying in at the moment.

Today we got in the viewing ramp and watched the locks from the outside.

It took about 20 minutes to watch the ferry rise.  I was intrigued. 

That's enough of the "book"  and we only have about 10 days left.  More later.

Love, Mom and Dad