We stayed overnight in Marquette, Michigan, a great city on the shores of Lake Superior.  The Marquette Tourist Park was a great campground.  When we pulled out this morning, we noticed several large families who were camping in close proximity to each other.  This made us smile with memories of many Catholic homeschooling campout days.  One of my disappointments of this trip is that we are on such a full schedule that we aren’t taking much time to really enjoy the fun of being in a campground (enjoying nature, campfires, outdoor cooking, meeting other families, relaxing outside with a book in a camp chair). 

Charlie finished his third book last night (I’m so proud of him for doing so much reading and enjoying it!), so we went to find a bookstore in Marquette this morning.  I picked out two books for him (one of which has a sequel and the other is the beginning of a series), and we got on the road.  We saw a bakery on the way out, so we stopped and purchased some muffins, a scone, some bread, and a gluten free dessert for Charlie.

We then drove from Marquette east along the Lake Superior edge of the Upper Peninsula for a ways before turning south to drive along Lake Michigan again.  We ventured out of the RV here and there along whichever lake we were traveling beside and aimed for St. Ignace and Mackinaw City for the night.  We crossed the Mackinac Bridge going around 30mph due to the crosswinds over the bridge and the height of the RV. 

On the south side of the Mackinac Bridge we stayed at a campground with frontage on Lake Huron called Tee Pee Campground.  After we leveled the RV and got everything hooked up, Charlie thought he would take us out to dinner.  We walked a little over a mile into Mackinaw City and found a pizza joint for dinner.  The walk back was good for all of us who overate!

When we got back to the campground, we walked down to the beach to enjoy some relaxing time by the water.  They had some nice wooden multi-person swings right along the beach that we sat in and chatted for a while.  Then it was back to the RV to help Dominic with his math and settle in to finish my book.  It was nice to have an evening that was more relaxing.

Rebecca