We departed from Tourist Park at 10:00AM EDT and headed Southeast to Camp Petosega in Alanson, MI near Petoskey and the North end of lower Michigan (200 miles). We left Marquette heading South on US-41 and then took MI-28 East along the Lake Superior coastline. We had a lot of beautiful scenery. We then took MI-77 South to US-2 and stopped for fuel at a very busy BP station at that intersection. Traffic was heavy from that point on, but once again we had a lot of beautiful scenery along Lake Michigan.
As I was plotting our route yesterday I noticed a restaurant called Clyde’s Drive-in and just felt like we ought to stop there, especially after reading the reviews. Entire family ancestries in the reviews have been stopping there after crossing on to the Upper Peninsula since it opened in 1949. Who knows, maybe my Grandpa (Dad’s side) stopped there after crossing on the ferry on his fishing trips back in the day? The reviews warned us to plan on waiting at least 30 minutes for our burgers. We couldn’t pull up to the 9′ high drive-in spots with our 11′ 6″ RV, but we did find a sweet spot right up front and Beth went in and fought the 40 minute battle for our food (she’s the best!) It was well worth the wait. Definitely the best burger of this trip. I had a delicious Bacon Cheeseburger with onion rings and Beth had a delicious Bison Cheeseburger with cheese curds. We both ate our burgers and about three each of the onion rings and cheese curds (no mas!)
When we arrived at Clyde’s Drive-in, the line for the toll booth on I-75 for the Mackinac Bridge was well back before Clyde’s. Fortunately for us, by the time we left Clyde’s the line had shrunk and we were able to pull out onto US-2 (left turn) and immediately jump on I-75 (right turn). The line at the toll booth wasn’t too long and NO, they don’t take SunPass, EZ-Pass, or any pass. Give us cash ($10 for our rig).
We arrived at Camp Petosega around 3:30PM EDT. This is a county park campground and our “Premier” site has full hookups for $41/night. The sewer hookup will give us the opportunity to give our black tank a good back flush before arriving at Camp Land of Troy in LaGrange.
| Device | Download Mbps | Upload Mbps |
|---|---|---|
| Campground Wi-Fi | Weak Connection | Weak Connection |
| Starlink | 100 | 17 |
| AT&T Hotspot | n/a | n/a |
| US Mobile – Brian (AT&T) | 57 | 2 |
| US Mobile – Beth (Verizon) | 64 | 0.1 |
| TV | Quality |
|---|---|
| Antenna | 7 Channels (CBS) |
| Campground Cable | n/a |
| DISH Satellite | n/a |