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Our journey continued from Jackson, Michigan to Holland, Michigan for a three day hiatus. We visited friends but mainly relaxed. On Sunday we joined Jay and Elaine True to attend their church for service then had lunch at Bowerman's Blueberries Farm Market. Later that evening we entertained them at our campsite for great conversation with good friends and a barbecued pork chop dinner. Monday afternoon, July 13 we drove into Grand Rapids, Michigan to visit Steve Parlette, a fe

We traveled about 200 miles from the "UP" and Sault Sainte Marie, MI across the Mackinaw Bridge into the "Mitten" of Michigan. Because of its recognizable shape, the Lower Peninsula is nicknamed The Mitten, with the eastern region identified as The Thumb. This has led to several folkloric creation myths for the area, one of which is that the handprint of Paul Bunyan, a giant lumberjack and popular European-American folk character, is in Michigan. On Sunday, July 5th we camped

Our first destination in Wisconsin was Great Northern Bison Ranch. John and Melody Christian, with their two children, are the owners of this ranch that raises grass-fed bison. They have an interesting story that they shared with us. It started in 2021 when they sold their beautiful home in Colorado and said a lot of really hard "goodbyes" to hit the road in a massive RV traveling with their family full time. (Doesn't this sound familar?!) ​ They both owned their own busines

June 22nd, the first work day of our third week in camp, was a busy one. The plan was to finish the south gable side of the house on Monday. While Team Martin works that location I am disassembling the scaffolding on the north side of the house and returning it to the flatbed trailer. After the scaffold is broken down and stored I began removing the lower deck boards on the west side so we can complete the northwest corner. This is where we worked on Thursday and almost compl

We arrived for our third RVICS project of this year and our second visit working at Cooperstown Bible Camp in North Dakota. Karen and I were here in 2025 from June 5 to June 26 as the only project volunteers working in the camp. It was memorable working together on constructing different items needed by the camp director Adam and we had some excitement experiencing a near miss tornado the last week of our stay in 2025. . With all our ducks in a row. This year we are praying f

The last stop in Wisconsin before crossing the Mississippi River into Minnesota was a U. S. Army Corps of Engineers campsite at Highland Ridge overlooking the sparkling Eau Galle Reservoir located in Spring Valley, in western Wisconsin. Highland Ridge has 46 campsites (35 with electric) including 8 walk-in tent sites. We booked a site in the Equestrian Loop with 10 electric campsites up on the hill with a clear view of the sky for our Starlink antenna. Our plan was to explore