Monday – Thursday, June 26-29, 2017
We continue our journey north, staying in Traverse City. As previously mentioned, this is the city where the National Cherry Festival is held. The city is preparing for it while we are here. We could easily stay and participate but generally speaking, big crowds are not our thing.
Again, we spent our time exploring and again we came across several lighthouses. A couple worth noting; Grand Traverse SP Lighthouse and Big Sable Point Lighthouse.
Grand Traverse Lighthouse has a interesting little museum on it's grounds. While here Wilson and I learned that Lake Michigan was used in WWII by the navy for training pilots landing on aircraft carriers. They chose the lake because it was an inland body of water, which meant that there were no threats of German U-Boats interfering. I think that I also read that the lake also mimicked the sea a little bit, giving real-life experience to the pilots & deck people. Check out the Chicago Tribune Article_May 27, 2016 for a little more information if you're interested.
Big Sable Point Lighthouse was also nice. It is located at the Ludington SP and is accessed by a trail that included several information boards along the way. Inside the lighthouse is a small museum with a short informational film about life at the lighthouse. The location of the lighthouse was situated on treacherous section of Lake Michigan, in 1855 alone there were 12 shipwrecks in the area. Wilson and I took a chance and walked along the beach back to the state park beach area where our truck was parked. Luckily for us the beach was walkable the whole way :)
Leave Frankfort, MI - 11:58am - 54°, cloudy with a chance of rain
Rte. We began on back roads because Wilson didn't want to travel back the same way we arrived---it's hard to believe that a man of math wouldn't want to take the more direct route :) ►606E►31N
Gas- Traverse City Shell (using our new card which gives us 5¢ off a gallon- $2.33/gal
Arrive – Traverse City SP 1:30pm
Miles traveled -42.1
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