So we awakened in Bay City and made one last attempt to find the Saginaw River Lighthouse.  Google sent us to roads blocked by fences.  Finally we stopped at a local convenience store and asked.  The lighthouse is not accessible by land at all anymore.  It was time to hit the road.

Straight West on a 2-lane road to Midland.  Destination:  Grand Traverse Pie Co.  in Midland!  Just like the one in Traverse City.  Now we do not need to go to Traverse City.  And the pie was so very good (cherry) that I forgot to take a picture.  Best pie in the world since my Mom’s.  We bought a whole pie for just a bit more than the price of two slices.  We have 4 slices left!  And Andy will not let me eat it all today; I have to wait to have one piece tomorrow and one piece Thursday.  Nuts…perhaps while he is sleeping….

We hit the road North to find another lighthouse in Tawas:

They also had a beech:

Sturgeon Point was perhaps our favorite with a bonus of an old schoolhouse with no electricity.  The keeper took one comment from Andy, put him in a corner with a Dunce cap–priceless.  This was a very interesting exhibit.

And then there was a lighthouse.  At this one we read all the literature and toured two floors of the living area as well as the surrounding grounds.  Andy bought a T-shirt.

They had a private beech as well with one family enjoying it all.

We hit the road until we could go no further (shorter than that distance was 10 years ago!).  Found a place in Alpena.  Night all.  Last one up turn out the lights.