July 7

WOW!  We had a great 4th of July in St Ignace.  Went down to town to a free concert.  Was great.  Two school teachers from Maine that obviously perform all the time.  Real blues singers and they were fantastic.  One of them could play 4 or 5 instruments and the other had a great blues voice.  Was right on the dock from 7 - 8:30 p.m. and then we ran across the street to the pub to have a late dinner with a drink. After we went back over to the dock and waited for the fireworks.  We waited and waited and waited ant watched the fireworks over on Mackinac Island and still we waited for St. Ignace to begin theirs.  Finally at 10:30 they started and they were really quite nice.  We got home around 11:15 and that is very late for us.  Next day we packed up and left St. Ignace vowing to return some day (summer only).   The drive to Wisconsin was along the coast of Lake Michigan and then we turned west in Wisconsin.  We stayed the night at an Indian Casino.  Who knew that a lot of them have RV parks.  Was a good night.  Only charged 28.00 for the night and gave us a 10.00 credit to gamble.  We signed up for the Star card and each got 10.00 more to gamble.  Had a pizza and then gambled some.  I of course lost the 20.00 I had and another 30.00 but Jack won so we figure we are still up around 40.00.  Today we drove into Minnesota and are staying in Savage, MN at a nice camp site.  We are headed to the Mall of America tomorrow.  Today we both went and got our hair cut and did a little grocery shopping.  Hope you all had as nice a 4th of July as we did.  Stay tuned for our next adventure.