{"id":315,"date":"2010-07-12T10:02:02","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T14:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/?p=315"},"modified":"2010-07-12T10:02:02","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T14:02:02","slug":"vacation-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/2010\/07\/12\/vacation-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacation time!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today starts a week of vacation for me.\u00a0 After a day of lake time, projects and such today, we’re taking a short excursion up north.\u00a0 We will be traveling to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with our granddaughter Jenna and taking in some of our favorite things there.\u00a0 We’re going to start at the Soo Locks in Sault Sainte Marie, which serve as the gateway to shipping in the Great Lakes.\u00a0 Then to Paradise (MI) for a stop at Whitefish Point and the Shipwreck Museum<\/a> and after that to my FAVORITE spot, Tahquamenon Falls.\u00a0 I hope we can rent a boat and row across to the island – we haven’t done that in recent memory.<\/p>\n

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Tahquamenon Falls in winter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’re going to try a new spot next, the Oswald Bear Ranch<\/a>.\u00a0 If I understand the concept, they rescue orphaned or abandoned bear cubs and give them a chance to live in the wild.<\/p>\n

Next, it’s on to Palms Book State Park and Kitch-iti-kipi, Big Spring<\/a>.\u00a0 10,000 gallons of water a minute come from the springs.\u00a0 Then a trip to Fayette to visit the abandoned iron mining community there.\u00a0 On our last visit there, we found a little restaurant along the way that served the best pasties.\u00a0 Jenna has promised me she will try a pasty, as long as… (and her list is pretty long).<\/p>\n

On the way home we plan to stop at the Cut River Bridge for a hike down the gorge and back up, and then at the north’s two best tourist traps, Mystery Spot in St. Ignace and Sea Shell City.<\/p>\n

We’d love to make it to Pictured Rocks in Munising, but that is another day away from the lake.<\/p>\n

I hope to take a lot of pictures, and will enter the best one in a contest at WatercolorsByPhyllis.com<\/a> to win a free original watercolor painting.\u00a0 If you have a favorite photo, you should enter the contest.\u00a0 Just email your photo to contests@watercolorsbyphyllis.com.\u00a0 For more details, check their blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kitch-iti-kipi<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today starts a week of vacation for me.\u00a0 After a day of lake time, projects and such today, we’re taking a short excursion up north.\u00a0 We will be traveling to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with our granddaughter Jenna and taking in some of our favorite things there.\u00a0 We’re going to start at the Soo Locks in… <\/p>\n

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