Thursday, August 11, Day 42 - Trip to L'Anse

 I mentioned our short folding ladder previously. It is nice that it folds into a very compact shape but its just not tall enough. If it were taller it wouldn't be strong enough for me.

More searching for campgrounds this morning. Tomorrow we move back to Soo Locks Campground for a week. Next Friday we move to Tiki RV Park in St. Ignace, still in the UP. On the 22nd we move to Timber Ridge RV Resort in Traverse City. 

I'm hoping to find a decent campground near Holland, MI next. We stayed at the Oak Grove Resort & Campground when we were there a couple of years ago, when Kelsey and the great grandkids were with us. It was nice but, even with our 27' travel trailer I had to drive the wrong way around the drive, and drive onto the neighbor across the streets site, to be able to back into the space. Weekends are booked but I could reserve a site during the week. I'm not sure I'm willing to pay $80/night for a site at their campground, they aren't that nice!

On to L'Anse.

On the way to L'Anse we saw a saw a sign for the Michigamee Shores campground so we stopped to check it out. They have some nice, 50 amp w/water (no sewer, but a dump station) sites. Some of the sites look out over the lake. The closest decent size grocery store is the one next to the campground we are staying at, 17 miles away. I checked and their rates are $55/night. No weekly rate.

Then it was on to L'Anse. We had lunch at Skipper's. Kathy had a turkey and bacon fry bread taco and I had an Italian sub with homemade fries. Both were good.

Gas/fuel prices are vary a lot up here. At one station in L'Anse regular was selling for $3.79 and diesel for $4.40. At another station, a BP station, regular was $3.89 and diesel was $4.99. In Ishpeming regular is selling for $4.29-4.39 while diesel ranges from $5.44-5.69. L'Anse is far more remote than Ishpeming so I don't understand why fuel is cheaper there.

 

Today's high was a breezy 66, but that didn't stop the kids from playing in the water.

There was lots of playground equipment for kids to enjoy.

The little girl in the photo below was just coming out of the water. She had been swimming.

We sat on a park bench for some time, just enjoying the beautiful day.

While sitting enjoying the day a lady  came up  with a long hair dog. She would throw balls out into the water and the dog would leap in and retrieve them. Almost every time she retrieved a ball she would run up near us and shake the water from here coat. We only got a few drops of water on us, and the lady apologized and tried to keep the dog from running up near us. It was funny.

Before leaving L'Anse we checked out the L'Anse Township Park campground. It is small but there are a couple of sites with 50 amp service that our coach would fit on, $26/night. No water or sewer connections but there was a dump station. We would need a LOT of levelling blocks. I'd guess that the front wheels would have to be at least 6" above the ground to get close to level.

Back in Ishpeming things were hopping as it filled up with people here for the weekends Ore to Shore bicycle race. http://www.oretoshore.com/ The field is limited to the first 2,500 who register.

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours.