Cherry Festing is an annual event – big here in Traverse City and we were lucky to have the TART Bike Trail Entrance right from our campground for access to the city in 25 minutes. Evidently Traverse City has a top bike trail system in the state, and we found that to be the case,Continue reading “Traverse City MI”
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DH Day Sleeping Bear Dunes NP
The highlight is the Sleeping Bear Dunes Heritage Bike trail that runs for 20 miles from Empire to Northward to the Sleeping Bear Dunes Lakeshore. Right from the campground, you can hop on your bike and ride two miles to have a smaller dune climb experience by doing the Sleeping Bear Point Trail that takesContinue reading “DH Day Sleeping Bear Dunes NP”
Platte River Sleeping Bear Dunes
Platte River Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park, MI. The Platte River campsites are big, wooded and private; the new 25 ft extension pole cell signal booster mounted on Vinny proved itself without a doubt making website access possible. The best thing is the hiking trails that start right at the campground from several Loops andContinue reading “Platte River Sleeping Bear Dunes”
Michigan Mitten Central -Higgins Lake
Mitten Central, The UP MI (Upper Peninsula Michigan) that’s where South Higgins Lake state beach with a mile of shoreline is located and has incredibly aqua, clear warm water. Perfect for John to have his second standup, paddleboard board experience. He only dumped into the luscious warm water once when his body carried the momentumContinue reading “Michigan Mitten Central -Higgins Lake”
California – Strawberry, Fallen Leaf and Lake Tahoe with the Radlers
California Strawberries, not just a fruit but a festival. The Debbie broken hip/shoulder of 2022 Strawberry music festival brought me back to California to use our rain check tickets in 2023. It was the most beautiful weather imaginable. And we had the most amazing camp spot with a view of the smaller Forest Amphitheater. TheContinue reading “California – Strawberry, Fallen Leaf and Lake Tahoe with the Radlers”
Blue Ridge and Skyline Parkway
It’s all in the Isoprene that scatters blue light in the air. Isoprene is generated from decaying trees that are abundant in the area and hence the namesake for the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Smoky Mountain National Park. It was designed to connect Great Smoky NP and Shenandoah NP and it does except whenContinue reading “Blue Ridge and Skyline Parkway”
Great Smoky Mountains
It is our second rainy weather camp experience in Vinny, but this is supposed to last a few days, not optimal for us fair weather hiking types, but we have compensated by doing about 16 miles of day hiking in the last three days prior to this rain event, and our quads say they needContinue reading “Great Smoky Mountains”
Friends of A Lifetime
Friends of A Lifetime Catching up on the Vinny VanGo blog as it has been several weeks. But I have a really good excuse, and now maybe even it will be less of a problem since we can erect a 25 ft pole into the sky that has an antenna so we can boost thatContinue reading “Friends of A Lifetime”
Florida Springs
Diving into a Florida Spring is incredible especially after you have arrived at the heat of the day and can hardly slide your bathing suit on because you are so sweaty from setting up camp as fast as possible in the direct sun. All over Florida there are places that the underground aquifers bust throughContinue reading “Florida Springs”
St Augustine and Anastasia SP
Anastasia State Park won the title of the 6th best state park in the country, and from our expectations it lives up to it. The sites are huge and private surrounded by green. The biggest drawback is the cell service needed for getting camping spots for next year since Florida State Parks work on anContinue reading “St Augustine and Anastasia SP”
Travels with Vinny VanGo 