We did head into the local town of Monroe for a few supplies. Monroe is the county seat in these parts and is considered more a bedroom community to Toledo, Ohio than to Detroit. It is also the childhood home to General Custer and there is quite a statue dedicated to him in town as you can see in this picture taken by Sammi from her phone from the car.
This weekend Monroe was hosting their annual Arts and Jazz Festival. There were a number of artists selling their wares on the main drag through town. We read they had a Saturday farmers market so we wandered to that... Note; it's not easy to find, it's behind a Bob's Big Boy just past the giant Custer Statue, but there were no signs to it from downtown.
On our walk back from the farmers market we passed by a very crowded bakery called "Cakes By Stephanie". We had to stop in. What a place. They have all types of cakes from simple to some of the most creatively complex cakes we have ever seen. We bought a dozen cake dots for dinner and some cookies and Sammi asked that her next cake come from there. I talked briefly to the owner, who told me they started the business out of their house 8 years ago and it just took off. You can see and smell why! If you ever happen to be driving to Detroit up I-75 take exit 15 and head downtown to Monroe street and pick us up some more cakes!
The rest of the day we spent relaxing. The kids swam and played games, I napped and Missy read.
Tonight we had a big, final night dinner with Barb Pasciolla. Barb is a friend of mine from Unisys and I have promised her for at least 10 years that I would come out to see her, so we had to have her over for dinner to make good on my commitment.
The promised thunder storms held off until after dessert. By then the sky turned black and we were treated to quite a lightning show but very little rain. It was bad enough though, that the park ranger rounded up all the tenters and forced them into the bathhouse. It was funny to watch, they would hover by the bathhouse until he left then they would come out and he would round them back up again and send them back to the bathhouse. This went on for a good half hour.
After the rain we were treated to a wonderful sunset. It was a perfect end to a perfect day! Here are a few of the pictures. Above the storm is rolling in.
Above we are looking West at the sunset, below is shot taken looking East out over lake Erie with the huge thunder clouds illuminated by the setting sun and the lake glowing red.
Tomorrow we pack up and head for home. It's about 9 hours from our present location without a stop. Unless there is a big change, this will be our final Blog on our Great Lakes RV Adventure. 2 weeks, about 2000 miles and 4 great lakes. It has been a great journey and certainly another adventure. We hope you have enjoyed keeping up with us.
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Location:Monroe, Michigan
We are planning a month long trip to the Great Lakes in a 26 foot motorhome...two adults and our dog. Any suggestions for campgrounds and places not to miss. We are not towing a car and instead will try to rent one somewhere.
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