Blogs from Saint Ignace, Michigan, United States, North America

We entered the Upper Peninsula driving over Mackinac Bridge, an exciting experience. In Saint Ignace, we climbed 170 steps up Castle Rock which afforded a beautiful overlook view of the area. The local Ojibwa Museum gave us great insight into early Indian culture. Of course, Mackinac Island was a highlight, especially Fort Mackinac, Arch Rock and the Grand Hotel. We paid to walk inside the hotel. Mike posed on the front veranda in homage to one of his favorite movies, Somewhere in Time, which was filmed there.... read more

Stopped at the Mystery Spot. Hilariously bad :)... read more

You can't stay out in the parks and countryside all of the time. Cities have their place and some of them should be visited. How else do you get to see how they work, understand how the people there operate, start to appreciate the sometimes subtle differences in culture that may be most apparent where big mobs of people congregate? And it is not necessarily an appropriate performance measure to be able to list those you have successfully skirted. I guess, though, if you are going to visit cities then they might as well be the good ones. Chicago seems to meet that criterion. Walking along a track in Glacier National Park there were a couple of men behind us talking about the Tour de France. They mentioned that Cadell Evans had done exceptionally well and ... read more