Driving from the Upper to the Lower Peninsula, we were advised of high winds on the Mackinac bridge, but it was mild in comparison to the gusts of Wyoming and Montana earlier in the trip. Staying at AJ's Berry Farm through Harvest Hosts was delightful. Their farm is near Alpena, MI, which is right on Thunder Bay, Lake Huron. The young family who own the berry farm gave us a warm welcome and we had a great time shopping in their barn store...strawberries picked that morning, asparagus, homemade bread, and raspberry jam. To Emma's delight we all were introduced to their baby bunnies. Gordon encountered his first skunk during a round of hide-and-seek in the raspberry patch, but without incident. We camped in the back field next to a 'sink hole', which is a spring-fed sunken pond surrounded by trees. The farm supplies asparagus to a local farm-to-table restaurant in Alpena, so we took their recommendation and enjoyed a tasty meal at the Fresh Palate and then ice cream a couple doors down the main street. In the ice cream shop, of all places, we read about the intriguing history of shipwrecks in this Thunder Bay area; each of our locally bottled pops had a story of a different shipwreck on its label! I wonder what surprises tomorrow will hold....
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