An overnight stay at a Walmart parking lot is never complete without a coffee or tea at their McDonald’s in the morning. What a surprise – no McDonald’s! Instead we found a Subway and of course we had to sample their breakfast menu. According to tradition, this is followed by a brief shopping trip at Walmart store itself. This time, two T-shirts and a pair of cheap sunglasses found a new home.

At 9AM, we departed for Harbour Springs. There we toured the very pretty town with beautiful gift, kitchen, clothing, fudge and ice cream stores. We resisted all temptations and moved down to their harbour for a stroll.

A Harley-Davidson with a rifle pouch caught our attention.

Harbour Springs is one end of the Tunnel of Trees scenic route. This is a winding and narrow road with old trees on both sides meeting each other above you as you drive through. Beautiful glimpses of Lake Michigan and lovely houses along the route made for a beautiful experience.

The crepe stand about three quarters of the way up provided a place to stop for a savoury lunch.

We then returned to I-75 and crossed the Mackinaw bridge.

We tried the traditional pasties and bought the local smoked fish in St. Ignace and then started our trip on Hwy 2. Our GPS routing suggested a short cut bypassing a number of interesting towns along Hwy 2 and replaced them with empty roads. We joined up with Hwy 2 again and made it to Wakefield where we are staying at a lovely community campground by a lake with ice tea coloured water caused by the amount of iron ore in the ground here. We had a wonderful swim nonetheless.