2014 July 18 - Illinois to northern Michigan

We slept late.  7:30 am, Himself rolled out.  I had been waking / dozing / waking as I do a lot (from 4:30 on) and I was awake when he sat up.  We couldn't believe he'd slept so long as he is almost always up at 5 or 5:30 am. 


Blue skies @ Madison, Wi

I had packed everything perishable in the 'frig at home so I had bacon and 4 eggs in the cooler.  I cooked breakfast while he packed the car but still it was 9:30 before we were on our way.  Retirement might be making us a wee bit too relaxed.  You think?

So north to Wisconsin, this morning.  We took the 'scenic' route thru Madison, on to Oshkosh and Green Bay.  Himself came out of Madison in a funk as we (I) missed the bypass and we took I151 right through the city.  Then, headed further north and east to Michigan. 

We ate lunch in a cemetery near Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, north of Madison.  The sugar had dropped out of my blood, I had to go to the bathroom and (although he will never admit it, Himself had been in the car too long).  We each had a little lunch and dipped home-made cucumbers and onions out of the pint mason jar with our fingers.  Man!  those cukes and onions hit the spot!  The cemetery had short, low water faucets scattered around so we washed our hands, wiped our mouths on our sleeves, and headed out feeling a whole lot better. 

This was in the sad little  'baby row'. 
 

Tonight we are a stone-throw from Lake Michigan, staying at an Econo Lodge. 

Lake Michigan, across the road from our motel @ Manistique, Mi
 

Tomorrow, Mackinac Island!