Western Michigan is such a beautiful part of the state with lush thick forests, rolling hills and proximity to Lake Michigan. At the first visitors rest stop, there are shelves and shelves of tourist pamphlets. I find a few on farms and fruit stands which leads us to a stop at Piggot’s in Benton Harbor. How can anyone resist fresh peaches? After all, this IS Michigan! Alas, we cross the border in 3 hours and have to consume all fruit before then. Lunch is fresh blueberry pie and peaches.
I think we are following storm clouds as we drive through strong thunderstorms for about 15 min. Dark clouds loom in the distance. The air is heavy and a warm 90 degrees. I am still doing 100 jumping jacks every time we stop.