Autumn Adventure: Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Day 1-3

Our generous friends, the Meyers, invited us to share their Class A motorhome for a 9 day trip -- the Yooper Loop.  We made it to all the highlights except the western Porcupine Mountains.  Departing on Tuesday, September 25, we made it to our first stop, Tahquamenon Falls State Park in mid afternoon where we spent our first 3 nights.  Highlights: Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point; Upper & Lower Falls, great Pizza at Lake Superior Brewing in Grand Marais, Sable Falls.

    

  

   

  

The first 3 days were definitely weird, as we decided that all the oddities that we heard about the UP were correct! First we passed the campground as there was NO sign indicating a campground. Because we were hauling a car behind the 34 ft. RV, turning around was always a problem!  Next, no pull aside at the registration office -- we had to wait in a single line for both registrants and already registered. NOT efficient!  As Marilyn was trying to register, the female park ranger kept interfering as if the male ranger could not manage--a bit of tension! At Whitefish Point, the ticket lady tells us that the $13 price was all-inclusive.  When we headed to the lighthouse, which would have been a favorite for Mike, add on cost was $4!! Traveling H58 along Lake Superior (which MANY assured us was a beautiful drive) proved decidedly strange: it turned into a narrow dirt road that did not show on the map, and there was no phone service... so we stopped to ask directions of some Yoopers in their yard.  They responded that the pavement would return "just a ways down the road".  About 8 miles more and we found our way to Grand Marais!  Looking for ice cream on the way home, we located "Scoopers" on the internet--open until 9.  Yay!  Except that it was closed for the season 😂.  So we continued on and found Zeller's in Newberry, advertising homemade pie.  Marilyn and Bill tried to scam Mike and I by announcing that there was no pie left ... we all laughed, until the waitress admitted that her piemaker had retired!! No pie!!  (So, WHY was it still on the billboard??)  BUT, we did enjoy the Biggest Cinnamon Bun we ever saw!!  Stopping at the Sable Falls Information Center, we found backpackers outside who had been inside to inquire about camping--but the ranger told them she was closing for lunch for an hour and they would have to wait until she returned!!!  Happily, most of the weirdness cleared up as we traveled further west...or we just got used to it!!