Monday, July 22, 2024
After breakfast at the same restaurant I ate at last night, the day was all about getting into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (UP) and driving across it to get to the bridge to the lower part of the state of Michigan.
In Haight Township (MI) there is a spectacular waterfall area called Bond Falls. I am suspicious that the falls maybe extra special this year as we have had so much rain--but who cares--this is a special space.
To get from the UP to the Lower Peninsula by vehicle you have to drive the rather impressive Mackinac Bridge which does have a $4 toll to get across.
After driving for ten hours (minus all the cool stops) I was dogged so I stopped at a restaurant called Bob’s Place in Alanson (MI). Just a short drive down Highway 31 was Petoskey (MI). I had to try three different hotels before I found a Super 8 (this is a very nice hotel—see above) and I settled in for the night.
Mileage for the Day: 353
Mileage for the Trip: 969
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Today I picked J. W. Filmore’s Restaurant in Petoskey for breakfast. The goal today was to drive to the gallery in Ludington to delivery my art.
I was in an antique mall in Petoskey early when I got a phone call from Denice in Oaxaca, Mexico, informing me of a difficulty she was having in making sure she had a ticket to fly home tomorrow. Long story short: she did but she had to go through a lot to determine that in part because of the big computer virus thing. I spent some time at the Petoskey airport trying to get American Airlines to help (which they did not—yeah, I am looking at you American) so I did not get as much antiquing done today as I thought I might.
I got to the Ludington Center For the Arts Gallery around 2:30 p.m. and delivered these two pieces for a show called Outside the Box whose description is “Surrealism emerged in the aftermath of WWI. Freud revolutionized our concept of the mind. Dreams, imagination, and the unconscious mind provided new areas of expression for artists. This ‘in person’ exhibit asks you to unleash your unconscious mind to express itself in its full glory of dreamlike, illogical, fantastical imaginings. Transgress boundaries, warp realities, question our ways of perceiving the world. Stretch your imagination and treat us to your mind’s wanderings.” The show opens August 2nd and runs the whole month.
I decided to visit the only antique place I could find open on a Tuesday: Alway's Antique Mall. The owner was super friendly and helpful when I described the kind of stuff I needed for my September class at Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point, WI. I topped out at a bargained $100 and left very happy.
Perhaps the coolest place I went to was the Guntzviller's Gifts and Taxidermy Museum. The owners have put a lot of effort into making this collection of Native artifacts into a viewable museum.
Here I was at this point: it was 2:30 p.m. (CT), been on the road for four plus days, 1000 plus miles on the van, its raining, Denice might have to alter her flight time into O’Hare tomorrow and none of the antique places in Ludington open until noon tomorrow.
Mileage for the Day: 566
Mileage for the Trip: 1535
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