Author Archives: onewanderingspirit

Yup, three years ago, after minimizing to the max, On August 10, we left our little life by the Monterey Peninsula of California, to….just wander.  There was a full moon that first night, which was important to me.  I know … Continue reading →

Plus, A Close Call and One More Visit With An Old Friend We are approaching Iron Mountain, which is a town, not a mountain, by the way. It has been a rainy, windy day, but not so much as to … Continue reading →

Onward and upward we go, to the Keweenaw Peninsula of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  If you look at a map, it’s the ‘finger’ part of the UP that sticks out some 60 miles into Lake Superior. Actually the area … Continue reading →

Most of the license plates I see in campgrounds here are Michigan plates, but if people are touring their own state, that’s not a bad thing.  It’s a beautiful place to see and there are lots of young families out … Continue reading →

Those are the Ojibwa words for ‘The Shining Big (or Blue) Sea Water’ , which was the original name of Lake Superior, before the French, and then the English, renamed it. Personally, I like Gitche Gumee better.  It’s also been … Continue reading →

(To pronounce that, it sounds kind of like ‘phenomenon’.) We leave St Ignace and head mostly north, but not too far.  Just to Newberry, where we are back to camping in the woodlands, surrounded by green. When I look up….. … Continue reading →

And some other things…. This post will be mostly pictures…just pictures of pretty scenes I’ve noticed in and around St Ignace, Michigan. Like the blue and green I’m so fond of.  With a freighter , toooo…. Lake scenes really can … Continue reading →

Folks in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan call themselves ‘Yoopers’ and they call the folks in the Lower Peninsula ‘Trolls’…. under the bridge…get it?  😊 Popular food up here, at least for the tourists, are Pasties, which consist of some kind … Continue reading →

There are a lot of ways to look for places to camp, and so far my favorites are the Allstays and Google Maps apps.  Frankly, I wouldn’t want to be without them.  I paid $10 for Allstays about 3 years … Continue reading →

July 5, 2017 Tonight (Wednesday) finds us in Gaylord, MI, lounging in Wandering Spirit under the AC, me with a margarita, binging on NCIS thanks to a USA channel marathon, and a cable hook up at the Gaylord KOA park. … Continue reading →