The Upper Peninsula

Although the national parks are pretty much behind us as we head home, there are still so many remarkable places to see along the way.
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We had never travelled into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, so we enjoyed the drive Saturday and Sunday, especially the stretch across the northern coast of Lake Michigan from Escanaba to St. Ignace Michigan, and across the Mackinac Bridge to Mackinaw City (please don't ask me to explain why some places go by the name of Mackinaw instead of Mackinac!).

The five mile long Mackinac Bridge was completed in 1957; prior to that, the access between the upper and lower portions of Michigan was either via ferry or by land through Illinois and Wisconsin.

Oh - and yes, there really is a place named Land-O-Lakes in Wisconsin!