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…
I enjoyed my early morning coffee with a view of Lake Michigan , smooth and quiet this morning. Breakfast was a lighter, continental offering but it’s included in the room rate so we weren’t complaining. We’ve aquired a habit on our big road trips of doing without a substantial lunch…
It was lovely to have a view out over the lake this morning for breakfast, and great to hear a few messages from the kids. Mainly from Erin, reporing in on how Pepper had coped with her move to the new home in Newtown. After checking out we had around…
We popped down to the cafe nearby for breakfast again this morning. I’ve been so happy with my hotel choice, it’s very central, has a great view over the river, there’s an excellent breakfast place next door ( which is handy because the hotel rate didn’t include breakfast) and the…
We woke to a cloudy sky this morning and dodged some drizzly rain to get to the cafe neaby where we bought breakfast. It was popular and very busy but the service was quick and food was excellent. This morning we were keen to be on the 10.15am Urban Highlights…
