Day 8 – Michigan pop quiz

Sept. 14
Vermilion/OH - Port Clinton/OH - New Buffalo/MI
Total driving so far 1,005 miles / 1,608km.

New Buffalo-on-google.maps

Driving from Vermilion westbound along the Lake Erie shore front to Port Clinton was very relaxing with large houses on the beach front, a broad straight road with hardly any traffic and big sky. We stopped for a classic diner snack in Port Clinton and then drove onwards to Chicago. Turned out we had a disconnect with our apartment host in Chicago and they expected us one day later than what we thought. We checked the weather forecast, Wednesday was supposed to be sunny and warm at 78F/24C, so why not hit another beach town – this time New Buffalo on Lake Michigan, ‘the gateway to Michigan‘. I am not making this up.

(Sidebar comment: generally these kind of tag lines, whether for towns, cities, corporate mission statements or company value statements are easy to interpret: ‘large global business’ means small national business; ‘we value transparency’ means that information is only reluctantly shared by management. Why state what is reality, everybody would know that to be true anyhow. So assume the exact opposite to be the true state of affairs.)

Now to the pop quiz: Question #1: what has Karin been drawing in the sand in the photo above?

Question #2: what are the tiny bumps on the horizon in this New Buffalo sunset?

Question #3: what kind of animal skeleton has Karin transformed into a pin?

Well, I think you don’t know (she is smiling…), but if you do, leave a comment.

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And hey, we discovered the Michigan-manufactured version of the Green Egg: The Green Bug !