We started our day sipping coffee on the back deck of the Listening Inn. Hummingbirds swarmed about the feeders, and the water on the pine needles glistened in the sunlight.We looked at some pictures and learned the story of two people with a dream who persevered in bringing it to reality. Carol and Les bought this property in 1980 and worked many jobs to earn the money to build this two story log cabin. Many of the logs were harvested from their own property. It took them years to complete the project, but they built the whole place. Today they supply their own eggs, fruit, and veggies. Breakfast included sausage quiche, home- made breakfast rolls, homemade wheat sourdough bread toasted, and homemade blueberry jam.
By 9:15 we were driving, and when we reached Manistique at lunchtime we ate deli sandwiches and soup at a cute place called The Upper Crust.It was located right on the Manistique River. We'd already been driving along the upper coast of beautiful Lake Michigan, but we had miles to go.
Finding the Clore hunting cabin near Seney Wildlife Refuge presented more of a challenge than we'd anticipated. 10 Curve Road was closed for construction, and we nearly gave up as the detour took us about 30 minutes as we circled around the area. The Old Seney Road was muddy and overgrown; the hunting cabin, which Doug's dad and grandpa had built years ago, is still there, but weeds and shrubs nearly obscured the cabin from the road. The crab apple tree is still standing. Years ago the tree provided plenty of ammunition for Doug and Dale in their crab apple fights. While Doug took pictures, I took refuge from the mosquitoes by sitting in the car.
We finally arrived in Gaylord about 6:30 P.M. and decided to stay at Holiday Inn Express in town. We enjoyed a late supper at the Sugar Bowl Restaurant. I learned that back in 1919 several towns had their own Sugar Bowls which were shops with homemade ice cream and candies. Soon it became too expensive to keep up with quality products, so many places closed. This Sugar Bowl stayed open and changed its menu to light sandwiches and other items that their customers preferred. Cute place.
Settled in for the night, our only one in a hotel.
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