Australians have always loved their “Big Things” – the Big Banana, The Big Pineapple etc etc… but the Americans loves theirs too, and we’re certainly seeing a bunch of them on this trip! Last night we were both woken shortly after 4am by the “fishing crowd” getting ready to leave…
This weekend is Labor Day Weekend here in the USA and the hotel was full up last night. They were turningpeople away at the restaurant advising them they’d have a 2 hour wait! However, everyone was sleeping in this morning because when we went down for breakfast the restaurant was…
It was a lovely view out over the lake this morning while we had breakfast. Our first stop today as the International Wolf Centre, it’s a research and educational organization which advances the survival of wolf populations by teaching about wolves, their relationship to wildlands and the human role in…
We were a little dismayed when we woke to grey skies and rain this morning, but it wasn’t long before the clouds started to break up and the sunshine peeked through – we’ve really be pretty lucky with the weather so far on this trip. Breakfast was a very low-key…
It was hard to say good bye to the Mall of America but I tore myself away! We set off north through Minneapolis until we reached our first stop, Franconia Sculpture Park. This amazing site is home to a vast expanse of sculptures, the work of local sculptors and interns…
The weather today was predicted to be nice in the morning and not so good later in the day, so we decided to head out and see the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden first thing while it was fine. It was about a 15 minute drive through busy trafiic but well worth…
Neil has mentioned in his Blog that Wisconsin is called America’s Dairyland, and we saw today just how seriously they take their love of dairy products – particularly cheese. The people of the state are even known colloquially as Cheeseheads! As we headed south of Wausau we passed through lovely…
We woke pretty early, not long after sunrise so I could take a pretty picture of pink skies from our verandah. We were earlier for breakfast this morning but it was basically a repeat of yesterday except Neil had fried eggs instead of poached 🙂 We walked around the Rock…
The sound of the water lapping under the verandah was lovely to wake up to this morning. We had a relaxed start and were too late for breakfast in the main restaurant as it only runs til 8.30. However, they serve breakfast until 10am at the cafe next door so…
Today we continued our drive westward across the top of the U.P., largely along the shoreline of Lake Superior. We passed through the little town of Christmas, Michigan where it’s the festive season all year around! The 52-year-old welder, Tom Lakenen is the founder and owner of Lakenenland, a drive-through…
Before we went down the town for breakfast we checked our suitcases at the bell desk so they could tag the bags and have them sent down to the dock. We said we’d be on the 9.30am boat but asked if there was any chance they could get the bags…
Mackinac Island is often called “The Jewel of the Great lakes”, and I can understand why. This place really is a gem! We’ve had an absolutely amazing day 😊 We needed to walk down into the town to find some breakfast this morning and we were surprised when we walked…
