Pulled out of Green Bay this morning and headed north to the Michigan Upper Peninsula, or the UP as it is called u
p here. We are now set up in the Country Village RV Park in Ishpeming. The weather is much changed from what we were used to in Wisconsin. For one, the humidity is considerably less than down south. Also, the temperature is much better. At 4:00 this after noon it was 69 degrees. Looks like instead of running the air conditioner tonight we'll be running the heat pump. We had a pretty good drive up. Ran into a detour due to road work that added some miles but still drove less than 200 miles. The scenery was very nice including a small waterfall at a road side stop we made to let the dogs stretch their legs. We did cross into the Eastern Time Zone a little ways into Michigan so we lost an hour of our day.
After we got set up in our campsite it was time to go wandering around. First was a stop at Wal-Mart to get a couple of prescriptions refilled then it was off to find the local Welcom
e Center to pick up any information on the area. Unfortunately the center was closed for the day but it is located right on Lake Superior at a picnic area. This is a nice area of the lake with nice sandy beaches. On the way back to the coach we stopped at a shop that sells pastys. This not something I had eaten before but they turned out very good. It had been trying to rain all afternoon and finally started up pretty good. Also, the wind came up and while we were sitting in the coach we heard a loud noise and the coach shook. The
wind caught the slide covers (roll out awning) over one of the living room slides and completely unfurled it. In the process it appears it broke the spring in the end of the roller so I cannot roll the fabric back in. It currently if flopping in the wind. Hopefully it won't tear up during the night. There is a RV dealer next door to the park that I'll go check with in the morning to see if they can send a Tech over to repair it. This will slow down our sightseeing for awhile but we are scheduled to be here until next Monday. As the day ended the storm seemed to have moved out and we had a nice sunset. Just a few winds gusts now to flap the loose slide cover.
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Pasties are British comfort food! Bill gets his fix every time he goes into Newcastle to buy our fruit and veg (healthy food). They are delicious, pasties, but they are not good for you.
You seem to have a lot of trouble with that awning. We started to use ours once in Wales and the wind told us that just wasn't a good idea.
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