Today we awakened in Whitehall, Michigan, another nice coastal town. We had booked a Comfort Inn at a good price, and because of my points in Choice Hotels, we were offered a suite for the same low price. WoHoo. Two bedrooms, two big TV’s, and the U.S. Open tournament all in one.

We started out trying to find the Whitehall lighthouse with little success–just dead-end roads. I convinced Andy to take one more try, and we got the correct road. But we still would not have found it except for help from a family walking in the neighborhood with there kids. With his directions we found it:

We stopped for lunch at a casino just North of Manistee, MI. Good lunch; too much food; couldn’t eat it all. But the gambling was good.

Just kidding; neither of us see the point in loosing money on purpose.

Then we decided because of timing for the trip to head to Traverse City straight up Hwy 31, which we did. The first stop of course was the Grand Traverse Pie company for some cherry pie. After all, we hadn’t had any for two days!

Andy, for the whole trip, had talked about the peninsula Northeast of Traverse City. So we headed up M22 to see. Best ride of the trip along the coast of Traverse Bay all the way to Northport. Beautiful ride right on the coast looking out onto the Bay. Stopped for gas along the way:

Here is another shot of the Bay:

On down 115 to Cadillac, MI for the night. Who knows what tomorrow will bring; we won’t decide until morning. Night all. Love you Lil.