St. Ignace/Mackinac Island KOA, MI 6/24/07

Pics: 1) red squirrel in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (can fit in Roxanne's hand); 2) dandelion (can also fit in Roxanne's hand)

6/24/07 – Sunday – 69157 – 134 – St. Ignace/Mackinac Island KOA, MI – weather – low +61 - high +90

Saw squirrels, 1 deer, 2 hummingbirds, 1 loon, and a robin family with 4 chicks

We drove along Highway 2 on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to Don and Janie’s house. Don was in Vietnam with me. We traveled along much of Lake Michigan’s coastline and it was windy and beautiful. There were people out on the many sandy beaches but no boats except at the mouths of two rivers.

Don and Janie’s house is on Round Lake, situated within the Hiawatha National Forest. During the summer, many people are here, especially on the weekends, and 14 year-round families that always call the lake home. Some of the fish in the lake are pike, perch, blue gill, bass, carp and walleye. Most people have pontoon boats, canoes, or small speedboats. The bird life includes loons, mergansers, gulls, robins, hummingbirds and an eagle or two that call this area home. Don and Janie even have a robin family, with 4 chicks, on their front porch eave. Unfortunately, there are also many bugs, some with painful bites that our called black flies.