Garden Grove Retreat / UP MI Birding - 30 May 2026
Day 1 of our trip to Lac du Flambeau and Dillman's Resort started early. Like Tanner and Echo early. The boys had us up all night wanting to go out and in so neither of us got any sleep. The plan was to keep them (and Luka) in the house so that we could hit the road early. With Echo crying to go outside after his 5 am feeding we packed the car and got out of the house by 6 am. Poor Echo... We drove I-275 to Ford Road then west to Canton Center Road to hit Biggby for coffee. We then continued west to M-14 to US-23 and North. Wow! No traffic and we avoided the Milford/I-96 corridor. Will have to remember this route next time we head north. The day's plan was to drive to Escanaba and spend the night. Then drive the rest of the way into Wisconsin to the resort where Robin will attend a Cold-Wax Workshop this week while I go birding. We reached the Mackinac Bridge by 11 am and had lunch at Clyde's on US-2. We then continued west on US-2 to Garden, MI (on Big Bay De Noc) where we...
