Week Two - Up in the UP

 We headed north for several stops in Michigan: Muskegon State Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, an overnight stop at a winery (yes, we spent the night in a vineyard), then a quick stop in Mackinaw City to see a friend camping there before crossing the Mackinac bridge into the Upper Peninsula (UP), first stop Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior (the largest fresh water lake in the world)!

Some highlights…


We camped right on the sand dunes of Lake Michigan at Muskegon State Park. 


We put our kayaks on the Platte River in Sleeping Bear Dunes and paddled down where it emptied into Lake Michigan. 



Harvest Hosts are a network of businesses that allow RV travelers to park at their business overnight for free. This was a winery in Charlevoix MI. 


At Pictured Rocks we couldn’t put our kayaks on the rough waters of Lake Superior but we found beautiful Beaver Lake. 

From the campground a view of Lake Superior at sunset. The haze is from the Canadian wildfires. 

A moment of transparency among all the beauty and fun and smiles - we’ve had some challenges, too. I think with Jeff retiring from Habitat, me leaving BSF leadership, selling the house, packing for storage, packing the camper, selling my car, saying goodbye to some of the sweetest people on earth - all the excitement and stress flared up my chronic pain issues. On top of that I had a reaction to mosquito bites on my feet causing them to turn red and swell. After two weeks of no improvement with Benadryl, Advil and topical steroid cream, we went to a walk in clinic. The doc didn’t think it was caused by mosquito bites but prescribed Claritin and five days of prednisone. He actually said if this doesn’t improve I’d abandon the trip and go home for diagnosis and treatment. During these first two weeks I had this fear plaguing me (Jeff patiently and lovingly endured a couple of meltdowns). But God has shown us grace! After two days on the medicine, my feet are almost back to normal. We are confident that this victory is a result of the many prayers over our journey. We are thankful and blessed. 


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