On our way to Cadillac we decided to stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan and visit the Gerald Ford Presidential Library and Museum.
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I included this plaque because I thought it was interesting that Ford was the first president to visit Japan.
Replica of the Oval Office during Ford’s presidency.
Ford is the only President and Vice-President to ever achieve the level of Eagle Scout. Here are some of his boy scout mementos, including his merit badge sash.
After spending a good part of the morning at the Ford museum, we arrived for a 5 night stay at a private campground called Camp Cadillac. One of the highlights of our stay here was a visit to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Park which was about an hour drive from Cadillac. In 2011 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was voted the most beautiful place in America in a poll conducted by Good Morning America. We took a self guided tour around the park and rode our bikes along a paved bike trail in the park. What a beautiful place!
The tiny dots are people climbing the dunes on their hands and knees!
On another day we drove to Traverse City. It was cold and threatening rain so we decided not to bike ride, but did visit a lighthouse and found ourselves on the 45th parallel, halfway to the North Pole!
