7-10-14 Thursday...Left Gladstone, Mich. At our usual leisurely pace about noon as we only had a short hop to make.

Did something different this time. I have a buddy of mine & his wife, that I used to work with, ( I've been retired since 2002) that live near Manistique, Mi. I've kept in touch with him via Facebook and so I called him and we stopped at his place. They really have a beautiful spot in North country. Had a great afternoon and evening of chit chat and went out to dinner to partake of Pasty's ( meaty pot pie, sort of). Pasty's are famous up in the Upper Penninsula. We got stuffed and went back to his place to burn the midnight oils. Finally called it a night at 2300hrs, geezer time, ya know??

We had coffee with them in the A.M. and headed to Manistique, only a few miles West..Kewadin Casino..They have a RV “park”..basically a spot to park and a 20 amp plug. Of course since the Casino is only 800 ft away we had to try our luck! We ate in the casino restaurant and gambled for a few

hours. I certainly had fun but Lady Luck wasn't with me. Heather had fun but just broke even. I guess the best thing I can say is we didn't watch any commercials !!

We had coffee hours in the A.M. And pulled out at noon. Had a longggggg 35 mile trip to accomplish ! By 2PM were were planted again at Big Cedar CG & Livery in Germfask, Mich. Nice RV Park in the woods. The owner greeted us and it only took a few minutes to get comfy again. I really like these longgggg drives. LOL

It amazes me how RV Parks advertise. This place is a Passport America Park, so 50% off. It says on the internet site & on the sign out front it has FHU ( full hook ups) . We got a site with electric & water. HMMMM!! ( For the newbies, that's NOT FHU)

I walked around and noticed about 9 sites with sewer and there's still 1 unoccupied. It's no problem for us as we can go for days without FHU's but then the owner informs us it's $10 to use the dump..( con game).another hmmmm !!! We've been in over 100 camps in the last 2 years and have never seen such chicken sh** !!! I guess I could do a great “review” on park reviews.com, couldn't I ???

We took advantage of the laundry here because we will be kinda ruffin' it for the next few days up in the Taquamenon Falls area. Got another Longgggg drive tomorrow, I think it's 70 miles..hahahahaha.

The cool nights are great for sleeping. Averaging mid 60's. I keep looking at the Southern temps and saying to myself “ I'm glad we're not there” !!

We video chatted with some friends of our's down in Florida via FB ( facebook) ...I think that's so cool !!! Imagine doing that 20 years ago..real Dick Tracy kinda stuff !

Very hard to believe we're approaching the middle of July. Time goes by when you're havin' fun !!

REMEMBER, LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY !!

Charlie & Heather.


I was going to put some pics on this blog...no such luck---AGAIN !!