Wet Wet Wet - 289 miles

Overnight the thunderstorms kept us awake but in the morning there was a little sunshine. It was short-lived however and we set out wearing the wets.

Having left Lake Superior behind, we caught our first look at Lake Michigan crossing the huge Mackinac Bridge.

Then we turned off the freeways and went for a tour down beside Lake Huron. Very pretty country again, but we also saw a lot of rain. This interrupts Charleen taking photographs, but she does try. The camera got a bit wet today, but still seems to be working.

It wasn't until after lunchtime that the skies finally started to clear. Charleen and I removed the wets after a while, but Jack and Linda kept theirs on, not really game to take on the weather. Sure enough, two minutes after we got under way again, it began to spot up the windscreen.

Thankfully it didn't last.

Then we got back on the freeway and got fooled by a detour, which led us in a big circle for about ten miles or so back to where we started. So we needed to refuel again and decided to try to find a local motel rather than go too far out of our way.

So we found one. It was cheap and has internet. That's about all I can say about it.

Just as we parked, down the rain came again, but this was only a small shower and we were able to go out for tea and back without getting wet.

Tomorrow we head for the Henry Ford Museum, then perhaps back in to Canada.

Today's few pictures.

Lake Michigan

Couldn't get a good shot of the Mackinac Bridge due to the weather, so here's one we prepared earlier

It has a mesh surface that you can see through. Very slippery on a wet day.

After the top they let us on to the bitumen bit.

Refuelling. Looks like this servo caters for old-time steam engines as well.

Lake Huron has a beach and quite the holiday destination.

Probably left over from early July.

Dire warning near roadwork.