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Posted onJuly 19, 2025July 19, 2025Summer 2025

Day 22: Long Drive to Ohio

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We had another long day of driving to get from Traverse City to Sandusky, Ohio. We opted to push hard today to be able to spend more time with Rob’s aunt and cousin tomorrow.…

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Posted onJuly 19, 2025Summer 2025

Day 21: Active Boys at Sleeping Bear Dunes

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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was our destination today. We started with a 3-mile hike through the forest and sand dunes, ending at a beautiful spot on Lake Michigan.…

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Posted onJuly 19, 2025July 19, 2025Summer 2025

Day 20: Lake Michigan and Cherries

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Timber Ridge is a pretty cool campground with lots of activities that the boys are really enjoying. The morning started off with them biking on the trails and checking out the pickleball and manmade lake.…

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Posted onJuly 13, 2025Summer 2025

Day 19: Upper to Lower Peninsula

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Rob went for a run and the rest of us did a little wandering in the campground before heading out to our next stop, Traverse City, a leisurely drive at less than three hours.…

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Posted onJuly 12, 2025July 12, 2025Summer 2025

Day 18: Mackinac Miles and Sweet Rewards

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Today was a big day: up early in Sault Ste. Marie to do the one-hour drive to St. Ignace to catch the ferry to Mackinac Island.…

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Posted onJuly 12, 2025July 12, 2025Summer 2025

Day 17: Tokens, Tannins, and Thousand-Foot Freighters

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Kelly collects the national park tokens at each of our stops. Getting this one (Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore) was more of an adventure than most.…

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Posted onJuly 11, 2025July 19, 2025Summer 2025

Day 16: Waterfalls and Whitefish

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We couldn’t resist one cheesy joke—after all, we’re in Christmas, Michigan, where even the street names are holiday-themed.

Today was a slow start, with the kids in bed until 9:30.…

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Posted onJuly 8, 2025Summer 2025

Day 15: July 4th with the Yoopers

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We hit the jackpot getting to celebrate the 4th of July in Munising, Michigan. This small town really punched above its weight with the festivities, yet still had that small town charm.…

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Posted onJuly 6, 2025July 6, 2025Summer 2025

Day 14: Christmas in July

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Today was another very long drive day, and as it’d turn out, quite a warm one. Fortunately, it was also a holiday for Rob, so the driving could be split between us.…

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