We are now in The Amana Colonies in Iowa. We are here for a New Horizons Rally.
While in Detroit we went to the DIA (Detroit Institute of Art). Now Ann’s second favorite museum. The politicians of Detroit tried to make the DIA sell its art to settle the debt they ran up. Thankfully they failed.
Below is the famous Diego Rivera painting commissioned by Ford.
But first I need to catch up on our trip up the Michigan west coast along Lake Michigan. Our first stop was Manistee, Michigan. We used this point to go up and down the coast about 50 miles in each direction. We visited light houses and small towns.
Further up the coast is Sleeping Bear Dunes NP.
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Going up the state we crossed the Mackinaw Bridge and onto the Upper Peninsula.
Just over the bridge we stayed in Ste. Ignace. The Tiki RV Park.
From Ste. Ignace we took the ferry to Mackinac Island.
On the ferry ride to the island we took a diversion and passed under the Mackinaw Bridge.
Mackinaw Island is still kept as close to the 19th century as possible. Mackinac Island does not allow any cars on the island, so all transportation is horse drawn or bicycles, even the garbage collection. The main street is quaint and interesting, if you can ignore all the fudge shops, restaurants and tee shirt shops. We decided to walk around the back streets instead of taking the horse drawn carriages.
More on our trip through the UP of Michigan to come.
Life is Super on the Roan Road…
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