We had a brief thunderstorm come through Green Bay last night. I slept through it. Our Lola the Plott hound is terrified this morning, as she always is after a storm.
After some blueberry and cherry pancakes, we are packing and heading to Copper Harbor this morning. The storms we had here in Green Bay are supposed to meet us in the Upper Peninsula by noon or so.
We are going out 41 / 141 from Green Bay. We would really love to stop before crossing the border and pick up some FRESH cheese curds.
21st century American Nomads
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Can we get just a little luck?
We picked up the Dodge at Farm and Fleet yesterday evening. They said it was all good and eveything checked out--including the starter. Hmmmmmm.
It started a little slow when I took it out of the parking lot but shrugged it off as being a low charge.
It started right up this morning as we left the Dells. After driving 130 miles to Omro, we are stopped for lunch. As soon as we turned off the Dodge I tried to start it and the starter refused to turn more than a groan. Guess the techs at Farm and Fleet were wrong? So we are finishing luch here at the Mickey D's (free Wi-Fi) trying to find a mechanic in Appleton or Green BAy that can replace the starter today or tomorrow. So far Craigslist has been little help. We did get in touch with a guy in Pulaski (NW of Green Bay) and he wasn't sure if he would be of much help beings he is 20-30 miles out of GB.
Mary is using this time to shop at the Piggly Wiggly next door. I am getting ready to make a few phone calls to try and get a mechanic who might be able to do this today--which is doubful as it is already 1:39 CMT....
Tim and Mary
Off the road in Omro, Wisconsin
It started a little slow when I took it out of the parking lot but shrugged it off as being a low charge.
It started right up this morning as we left the Dells. After driving 130 miles to Omro, we are stopped for lunch. As soon as we turned off the Dodge I tried to start it and the starter refused to turn more than a groan. Guess the techs at Farm and Fleet were wrong? So we are finishing luch here at the Mickey D's (free Wi-Fi) trying to find a mechanic in Appleton or Green BAy that can replace the starter today or tomorrow. So far Craigslist has been little help. We did get in touch with a guy in Pulaski (NW of Green Bay) and he wasn't sure if he would be of much help beings he is 20-30 miles out of GB.
Mary is using this time to shop at the Piggly Wiggly next door. I am getting ready to make a few phone calls to try and get a mechanic who might be able to do this today--which is doubful as it is already 1:39 CMT....
Tim and Mary
Off the road in Omro, Wisconsin
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Where are we going?
June 26, 2011
We are beginning to appreciate the full time life. Since starting our journey, our travel plans have changed 3, may be 5 times. We are still heading towards Shipshewana, Indiana July 5th. Today Mary thought about heading west. She looked at the mileage to Black Hills, South Dakota and West Yellowstone, Montana. But, she decided a 4,500 mile round trip might be too much for a maiden voyage. Mary started looking at a 1,000 mile trip originating from Indiana and ending in the Detroit area by July 25th or there about. We have to be back in North Carolina for the new school year on August 16 and would like a few days to relax from our vacation.
After looking over several destinations / routes, Mary thought we could retrace our 2002-2003 route through Wisconsin. It didn’t actually take a year, but we did it over Christmas break 2002 and celebrated New Years 2003 in Escanaba, Michigan. We would stop at the Wisconsin Dells first. Mary hasn’t seen the Dells in the summer. We did see the Ringling, Barnum Bailey Circus Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin in 2002. Mary would also like to do a DUCK ride through the dells. Green Bay would be our next destination. We stopped briefly in 2002 and saw the stadium. We also did lunch just down the street at an old railroad depot converted to a restaurant. Neither of us has been to Door County. It is said to be the most beautiful pace on earth to spend an autumn day. From Green Bay we are heading into the Porcupine Mountains. It is just a short trip from there to Copper Harbor, Michigan. There we would get to explore Michigan’s rich mining history. Then it would be off to Mackinaw Island to see the Grand Hotel. Remember that crowd favorite movie Somewhere in time starring Christopher Reeves? It was filmed there. Mary’s youngest daughter was just there for her honeymoon. They told us it now costs $50 to sit on he porch of the Grand Hotel. There is always a big box of fudge to bring home as a souvenir. Not sure if it is cheaper than a Grand Hotel porch squat…
After the island, we would mosey on back south towards North Carolina and hopefully be there before August 01. That is if our plans don’t change again.
We are beginning to appreciate the full time life. Since starting our journey, our travel plans have changed 3, may be 5 times. We are still heading towards Shipshewana, Indiana July 5th. Today Mary thought about heading west. She looked at the mileage to Black Hills, South Dakota and West Yellowstone, Montana. But, she decided a 4,500 mile round trip might be too much for a maiden voyage. Mary started looking at a 1,000 mile trip originating from Indiana and ending in the Detroit area by July 25th or there about. We have to be back in North Carolina for the new school year on August 16 and would like a few days to relax from our vacation.
After looking over several destinations / routes, Mary thought we could retrace our 2002-2003 route through Wisconsin. It didn’t actually take a year, but we did it over Christmas break 2002 and celebrated New Years 2003 in Escanaba, Michigan. We would stop at the Wisconsin Dells first. Mary hasn’t seen the Dells in the summer. We did see the Ringling, Barnum Bailey Circus Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin in 2002. Mary would also like to do a DUCK ride through the dells. Green Bay would be our next destination. We stopped briefly in 2002 and saw the stadium. We also did lunch just down the street at an old railroad depot converted to a restaurant. Neither of us has been to Door County. It is said to be the most beautiful pace on earth to spend an autumn day. From Green Bay we are heading into the Porcupine Mountains. It is just a short trip from there to Copper Harbor, Michigan. There we would get to explore Michigan’s rich mining history. Then it would be off to Mackinaw Island to see the Grand Hotel. Remember that crowd favorite movie Somewhere in time starring Christopher Reeves? It was filmed there. Mary’s youngest daughter was just there for her honeymoon. They told us it now costs $50 to sit on he porch of the Grand Hotel. There is always a big box of fudge to bring home as a souvenir. Not sure if it is cheaper than a Grand Hotel porch squat…
After the island, we would mosey on back south towards North Carolina and hopefully be there before August 01. That is if our plans don’t change again.
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