June 10, 2022 We first stopped in Charleston, WV for a couple hours on our way to New River Gorge NP. The downtown area was pretty quiet for a Friday evening with few groups of friends enjoying a walk or sharing a meal together. The atmosphere got a bit more lively at the Riverfront...
June 11, 2022 We originally planned to just visit Charleston, WV as it is only 2.5 hours from Columbus, but after some research we found a surprising little gem in New River Gorge National Park, an extra hour drive from Charleston. Commissioned in 2020, the park is the newest national park in the US...
We settled on Columbus, OH as our next month-long stay. The place we found was decently sized and relatively inexpensive while also being right in between a number of destinations we eventually traveled to such as New River Gorge NP, Cincinnati, and Cleveland. The four weeks we spent in Columbus was short, we only...
May 28-29, 2022 Our two days in Detroit were pleasant and eventful. On Saturday, we attended a Detroit Tigers baseball game, after which we walked around downtown and slowly meandered toward the Detroit River where we gazed across the border at the Canadian Caesars Palace in Windsor. Right on the shore of the Detroit...
Following our weekend in Marquette, we stayed in Ann Arbor, MI for a week which gave us some much needed time to plan our next month-long stay after a hectic final few weeks in Chicago. We were able to take care of some paperwork finalizing our Transit purchase and do thorough research on our...
May 21, 2022 Our day in Marquette was splendid and the Lake Superior area was as beautiful as everyone says it is. We started off the day walking all the way out to the Presque Isle Breakwater Lighthouse which required us to climb over a quarter mile of giant boulders that made up the...
