Wed. Sept. 21: The rain continued pretty much all night, letting up for short periods of time but then starting in again. We had about a 10 minute respite as we got up in the morning but it came back with a vengeance. We dashed over to Ross & Pat’s trailer with our microwave S’more maker because we really didn’t want the trip to end until Ross had had a chance to try one. As we lingered over coffee they decided to go directly to their cottage without a stop in St. Ignace to camp together at the Straits of Mackinac, as we had originally planned. We bid each other good-bye and they were quickly on their way. Marv & I readied the inside of the camper and hoped that the rain would let up for us to close up, but after half an hour or so, we decided to put on rain gear and just get it done. Of course, within a half an hour more as we left The Soo, the rain finally did let up. We drove back-roads to our favorite café in St. Ignace, Bentley’s, which has been there since 1945 and still has the old soda fountain. Before this we had only had breakfast there, but Marv enjoyed a good beef pasty and I had a grilled white fish salad for lunch. After crossing the Big Mac Bridge, we continued down the Lake Huron coast through Cheboygan and south as the weather became nicer and nicer. We decided to stop at P. H. Hoeft State Park, just north of Rogers City and found only a handful of other campers there. Our site was right next to the path leading over the dune and onto the beach. After setting up the trailer we took chairs and our books down to the completely deserted beach and enjoyed the sun and gentle waves in solitude. Combining left over chili, left over spaghetti sauce, and a can of black beans make for a very hearty “last supper” of our trip. Bedtime came a little earlier than the rest of the trip in hopes that there would be a good sunrise over Lake Huron to end our voyage and we were not disappointed.
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