Driving time: 10 hours, 44 minutes Distance: 645 miles Route: Detroit – Dearborn – Ann Arbor – East Lansing – Lansing – Kalamazoo – Grand Rapids – Mackinac City – Mackinac Island – Marquette Celebrate America's 250th anniversary with a presidential tour of the Mitten State. On this unique road trip, you’ll visit several locations [...]
Driving Time The Tahquamenon Falls Scenic Byway (M-123) is 63 miles long across part of the Eastern Upper Peninsula. The byway starts and ends at M-28, heading north, then across to the east to the Lake Superior shoreline, then back south to the M-28 highway. Most folks begin their exploration in the town of Newberry. [...]
Michigan is known as the Great Lakes State, thanks to the large freshwater bodies surrounding it. Water is the most well-known and precious resource, as well as the largest attraction and source of refreshment when summer rolls around. But all that sand and the state’s prehistoric past means it’s also home to the largest collection [...]
Like many states, Michigan has a proud Irish heritage, with many immigrants arriving from the Emerald Isle during the Potato Famine years. According to an article on michiganpublic.org, many Irish immigrants moved into Michigan for a little more breathing room from the heavily populated East Coast cities. Detroit was already bustling with trade and had [...]
Driving time: 1 hour, 5 minutes Mileage: 40 miles The Tunnel of Trees is renowned for its beauty, especially for fall color tours. However, the two-lane road, M-119 is also known as the Heritage Route. This driving tour takes you along this route not only to witness the majestic beaty of the area, but to [...]
Mileage: 51.3 miles Driving Time: 1 hours, 3 minutes (plus a brief ferry ride) About 15 miles north of St. Ignace and the mighty Mackinac Bridge is the turnoff for M-134, the North Huron Byway. This 50-mile stretch of road takes you through three small towns and then across the St. Mary’s River to Drummond [...]
Distance: 36 miles (driving) Travel Time: 57 minutes (driving) If you’ve ever heard of a Coney Dog, then you probably haven’t heard of Jackson, Michigan. Detroit gets the credit for being the birthplace of this particular creation; however, Jackson historians place the birth of the Coney Dog to their very city three years before Detroit [...]
Snowbirding, like RVing, is a lifestyle. It’s not a vacation; rather, it’s a temporary relocation to a warmer climate. “Snowbirds” are people who live in northern parts of the country and choose to “fly south” where it is warm and sunny. Florida, Texas, and Arizona are popular locations for snowbirds to gather. Will you be [...]
Don’t wait until the flowers begin to bloom or the lakes start beckoning you to take a dip. Autumn and winter are ideal times to undergo trip planning for next year. We always have a running list, right? And we never seem to get to them all. However, we wouldn’t be RVers without a little [...]
Last month, we wrote about three fall itineraries for the Upper Peninsula and northern portion of the state (Read Part 1). Fall is an enchanting time to visit this lovely state, so take advantage of all the sights and flavors that can be found here as the leaves make their seasonal transformation. Southwest Michigan: Fruit [...]
