Sunday, Aug.21. We've met a very interesting couple from Oxford, Mississippi. They have a beautiful motorhome and have been doing this for about 15 years. Jerry and Charlie Bond. Great folks. Jerry has been giving me lots of pointers on driving and maintenance. They've also shared with us many places to go and not to go. It's been great getting to know them and hope we can meet up again.
Today we took the drive to the tip of the Leelanau Peninsula. The peninsula forms the west side of Grand Traverse Bay. There are several little towns and more than a dozen wineries. We found a couple we really like so we'll probably go back and get an assorted case. The first town we came to was Leland. Cutesy old fishing village. Fishing shanties have been converted to shops and food places. Looks right out on Lake Michigan. We had lunch there at the Blue Bird Cafe. Had a nice piece of Walleye and watched the Tigers whup up on the Indians on TV (7-1 in the 4th when we left). It's amazing the number of fields that have been converted to grapes. It's quite a beautiful scene to see the grape fields with Lake Michigan deep, deep blue in the background. The next town we came to was Northport, which is kind of the entrance to Leelanau Point State Park. Again, cutesy town with lots of neat old houses and a marina.
The main feature of the State Park is the Grand Traverse lighthouse at the very tip of the peninsula. It's quite distinctive and prominent.
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| Across Glen Lake & the Dunes to L. Mich. |
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| Grand Traverse Lighthouse |
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| Winery and Inn |
The last town on the peninsula was Sutton's Bay. This is actually off of Grand Traverse Bay. It has a nice marina and the requisite cutesy shops. From Sutton Bay it is more developed as we proceeded back to Traverse City. All in all it was a beautiful sunny day, although we did flirt with an isolated T-shower cell that crossed the peninsula and on into Traverse Bay.
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