We left Tallahassee on a Sunday after much packing and planning. We both probably packed too much yet I am still missing “things”. How is it that we can live with so much and with so little and not really notice the difference. Pondering.
We have worked our way up to Michigan, stopping for a night in Acworth, GA. We use an app called AllStays, which helps us locate campgrounds. Our preference are the Army Corps of Engineer campgrounds because they are generally on the water and we get 50% off with our Senior Pass. Unfortunately, those campgrounds are generally around dams and not all states have those.
Our second stop was just north of Mammoth Cave in Kentucky; another ACE campground called Dog Creek. It was a nice spot but there was no connectivity. We kept ourselves busy visiting Mammoth Cave.
Our third stop as we make our way up to Michigan was Pokagon State Park in Indiana. Did a little bit of hiking and spent one night. Now we are in Higgins Lake State Park. We had to change sites once since weekends are busy and our first site had been reserved. Another reservation had been cancelled and we got that one. More on why WE don’t reserve sites ahead of time in a later blog.
This campground is located on the grounds where a huge CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) project had been in the early 1900s. Now there is a Museum and Nursery that memorialize the project. The point was to reforest Michigan, who had overcut their, over logged and burned their forests leaving the land barren. Now the land is beautiful and there are many old growth trees. We took a hike through one such forest.
Charlie, the cat, has become a big flirt ever since we invited a couple of neighbors over to pet him. Now he can’t seem to get enough stranger affection.
For the coming week we plan to meet some Florida friends for a day or so and then head up to the UP (Upper Peninsula) for several days.
