So, where was the final stop along our route home from Ontario and Lake Superior, where we were able to check off an item that has been on our bucket lists for years? The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn, MI! Years ago, we started watching a show called Innovation Nation that aired […]
Our final stop on our 2026 Lake Superior explorations was at Pancake Bay Provincial Park, for a brief 2 night stay. Just like at the other two provincial parks on this trip (see the two previous posts for information on them) we stayed on-site, in the park’s campground. This was a nice campground set back
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From Neys Provincial Park (see the previous post to read about all the great things we did there), we traveled to Lake Superior Provincial Park for three nights. We had no idea how HUGE this provincial park is, so we ended up only exploring the southern end, near our campground. If we had it to
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We have just returned from two weeks along Ontario’s section of the Lake Superior North Shore. If you have followed along for a while, you will know that we visited this area in 2024, but the entirety of our time spent in Ontario during that trip was at Pukaskwa National Park. At that time, we
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Happy New Year! We hope you and your family had a very happy holiday season and are greeting 2026 with excitement and anticipation! We made our rounds to see various family members for Christmas, and then rang in the New Year with friends at Tallulah Gorge State Park in northern Georgia. While our focus for
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We recently spent some time in Iowa, staying just outside of Pella. Now, we are going to be honest here. The idea of a week in Iowa in August did not sound all that appealing to us. We envisioned corn fields, flat land, and dust; and while there was a fair amount of those things,
With a little bit of time off work, we had the opportunity to take a long weekend trip this weekend and opted to go to Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. This park lies in southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee, and we have previously visited the area on the Kentucky side, so we
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After a gorgeous few days in Pukaskwa National Park, we continued southwest, back into the U.S. to continue to explore Lake Superior along Minnesota’s North Shore. There is so much to see and do that it was difficult to decide which attractions to see this time, and which ones to leave for a future visit.
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Around the lake we go! From Sault Ste. Marie, we headed through the border into Canada (no problems at the border crossing) and continued north and west to Pukaskwa National Park. Now, before you mis-read this entire blog post, we will go on and correct your pronunciation. It is pronounced puck-a-saw. We have no idea
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We left on Saturday morning for a two week trip around the north shore of Lake Superior. Wow, does it ever feel good to be back on the road! After traveling the entire year last year, we started to feel more at home on the road than in our actual home. Being stationary again has
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Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a long strip of land that sits between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake in western Kentucky and Tennessee. Outdoor recreation opportunities abound here and there seems to be a little something for everyone! We will get to all that, but let’s start with where we stayed. There
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We are wrapping up a few days at Mammoth Cave National Park in southern Kentucky. Since it is somewhat close to home, we have been here several times before, and because it is one of our favorite places to visit in Kentucky, it was one of the first places we thought of when we knew
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Well, we made it back to our home in Kentucky a little over a week ago. With our year(ish) adventure at an end, it is time to reflect on and wrap-up some of the statistics about the trip and answer some of the questions we have been asked. First, let’s look at some statistics: Number
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It seems that every time we have two days to explore a place, one of those days is rainy and a complete washout. That was today in Cloudland Canyon State Park in northwestern Georgia. Luckily, we knew the forecast, so yesterday we were able to check out a couple of the overlooks and hike to
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Everyone has heard about winter manatee viewing in Florida springs, but most of the time you hear about Silver Springs or Blue Springs. We are sure those places are amazing, but they are also EXTREMELY difficult to get into, especially for folks like us who don’t plan months in advance. Knowing that those places probably
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