Sunday, August 23, 2009
Chip In's Island Casino, Harris, MI: June 30-July 5
We found another casino with a campground ($17/night) near Escanaba, our real destination. There are two loops in the cg; the lower one (near the restrooms & showers) was almost always full, the other that we chose was quite empty. The casino offered no deals, was noisy & smoky, so we only went there when we needed to use the wifi. They did have a pool & spa which we were welcome to use as cg guests, but we never found time to use them.
A recurring theme in our travels is painted animals, and when we drove to the Visitor Center in Escanaba we learned that Escanaba has Painted Fishes, so naturally we had to try to see as many of them as we could. We also learned about a movie that was filmed there - "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" - that we rented from a local store. It was fairly amusing in a quite bizarre fashion, with a lot of "local humor".
As before, most of our time was spent sightseeing: scenery, lighthouses and waterfalls. We took one long drive south along the coast of Lake Michigan to just over the Wisconsin border into Menominee and one another west towards Iron Mountain. We spent a lot of time in the harbor area of Escanaba, which was especially attractive with many flowers and an historic lighthouse. We enjoyed the fireworks over the harbor on the Fourth of July. It was a spectacular location with the fireworks reflecting off the calm water. This was our last stop near Lake Michigan.
A recurring theme in our travels is painted animals, and when we drove to the Visitor Center in Escanaba we learned that Escanaba has Painted Fishes, so naturally we had to try to see as many of them as we could. We also learned about a movie that was filmed there - "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" - that we rented from a local store. It was fairly amusing in a quite bizarre fashion, with a lot of "local humor".
As before, most of our time was spent sightseeing: scenery, lighthouses and waterfalls. We took one long drive south along the coast of Lake Michigan to just over the Wisconsin border into Menominee and one another west towards Iron Mountain. We spent a lot of time in the harbor area of Escanaba, which was especially attractive with many flowers and an historic lighthouse. We enjoyed the fireworks over the harbor on the Fourth of July. It was a spectacular location with the fireworks reflecting off the calm water. This was our last stop near Lake Michigan.
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