Cheboygan Evening (Love that name)

Cheboygan River quiet evening 

Sunset over the river

River slowly flows around the islands 

    Living more south in Northern California, it stays light in mid June till 9:00 pm or so, here in Northern Michigan the light is still evident till 10:00. It still gets my attention even after these weeks. The park we are in in Cheboygan is filled with people mostly from Michigan enjoying their 3 months of summer with so much activity. We see boats parked in the RV park, and see them moving down the road sometimes behind the trailer. We have seen families gather and lots of joy in getting together it seems. Tonight we walked just a couple of miles of bike path that passes by our park. It utilizes an old railroad bridge to cross the Cheboygan River and appears to follow the old railroad right of way for many miles. We needed to do that as we also enjoyed our first Friday Night Fish Fry at Alice’s Restaurant. So far it seems a bit like fish and chips with local fish if you want or cod if you don’t. We have tried to go to locally owned restaurants but so far much seems to be fried so we have resorted to eating almost all meals “at home.” 

    When we crossed the Mackinaw Bridge today it marked the farthest north we will travel and when we leave day after tomorrow we will begin to turn west again. We will visit Terri and Jay Mittenthal on Tuesday evening if all goes well on Monday getting the water pump fixed at Camping World while we get the truck serviced at the Toyota dealer in Cedar Rapids, Michigan. I managed to “lose stuff” like my phone and favorite pants this last week. Wondered if that was about not wanting to be at our midpoint or I was proving you can manage to misplace things even if your whole living quarters consist of a truck and 21 foot trailer. The phone after two days of looking was found on the back seat floor of the truck and the pants just where I stored them and then forgot! Most likely a brain fart! 

     Mosquitos: I mention them tonight because of the absence of them. It is such a relief from the last couple of weeks. They have been merciless and if one gets in the trailer at night they feast on what ever part is uncovered. My face has sprouted itchy red bumps that I attempt to cover, with little success, with makeup. They seem to ignore Jimmy. Am trying to figure out what he is doing right. Be well all.