Day 79 - Sunday 29 June

Today was 45th Annual Chicago Pride Parade an there was no shortage of colourful people.

We spent the early part of the afternoon at the www.randolphstreetmarket.com .

Di then continued exploring the downtown shops, whilst Bill had a quick visit to the beautiful Millennium Park.

Bill then trained out to North Chicago to the www.ravinia.org , North America's oldest running music festival, where the Robert Cray Band and John Hiatt & the Combo performed.

Day 78 - Saturday 28 June

After a photo shoot at Chris and Mike's we drove south to Chicago (Illinois), where we arrived mid-afternoon.

We had a wander around downtown and the Magnificent Mile, where we also had dinner.

Day 77 - Friday 27 June

A delightful and leisurely day with Chris and Mike around their property, including the afternoon on their pontoon on next door Bear Lake.

Day 76 - Thursday 26 June

Today we drove north, firstly along Torch Lake, then north along Elk Lake, and then north along Lake Michigan, to Charlevoix, for lunch and a shop.

Then we drove south back to Traverse City along Lake Michigan, before having dinner in Kalkaska.

Day 75 - Wednesday 25 June

Today Chris and Mike took us around their region.

We started with a photo with Kalkaska's Big Trout monument.

We then went to Traverse City for lunch at the Apache Trout Grill.

Next we drove along the scenic coast of Traverse Bay and Lake Michigan, and through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and a wander around the fishing town of Lelandnau.

We returned to Traverse City for dinner at Minervas Restaurant.