We hung around the coach until late morning. Apparently I'm still not rid of the kidney stone. As long as I stay on the pain meds (naproxen and acetaminophen, PTL I haven't had to take any of the hydrocodone) I'm okay. If I miss a dose I pay for it. By late morning I got caught up on the meds and was doing okay.
We headed out to look around Manistique. Manistique is the only city in, and the county seat of Schoolcraft County. It's population is 2,900. Schoolcraft County covers 1,884 sq miles (1,171 land, 713 water) and has a population of 8,100. For comparison Moniteau County covers 419 sq miles and has a population of 16,000. Cole County covers 402 sq miles and has a population of 77,000.
We drove through Manistique and on the east side of town stopped to look at Lake Michigan. Note the milkweed in the bottom of the photo. It was growing all over this area.
Kathy pointed out a Monarch butterfly caterpillar.
For a short time we didn't see any butterflies but then we began seeing them. They really love this milkweed. I could blame it on the camera on my phone but in reality I don't have the reflexes to track them and photograph them. They are beautiful to watch fly around.
On the other side of town we saw this little harbor and stopped to check it out. We also checked out a nice (waterfront sites $85/night) RV campground that had sites next to the water on one side of this harbor. I talked to a lady in the office. She told that they were booked solid through early October. She said that if we wanted to stay there next summer we needed to get a site reserved no later than April.
We did feel the need to stop at one of the local ice cream shops while in town. I had a boring vanilla/chocolate twist and Kathy had an adventurous berry flavored cone. She let me taste hers, it was pretty good.
Today's high was a mostly sunny 86, 14 degrees above the average high this time of year. PTL for AC! We turned ours on yesterday and at least one of the units has been running constantly. By late afternoon it was cool enough to walk down to the little campground beach and check out Indian Lake. Several kids were in the water getting cooled off. Back at the coach I sat outside reading until near sundown (9:33P today). Kathy stayed down at the beach and visited with one of the Mom's who was watching the swimmers.
God is good. I pray that He bless you and yours. He has blessed me.
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