8/28/09 (Friday): This will the the last of the blogs from Wekiva Falls Resort in Sorrento, Florida. We're headed off on a new adventure! We'll leave Monday morning and head up I-75 toward Ypsilanti, Michigan. Here's a link to a map that shows roughly what we have planned. We'll spend a couple of weeks with our son, Tom's, family. While we're there we have some fun things planned (in addition to the primary attraction of grandchildren). We're going to do a tour of a factory that makes Ford F150's. We'll also go to Greenfield Village, which is a collection of historic buildings from all over the country.

Our next stop will be Mackinac Island. This is a historic island in Lake Superior. There are no cars allowed on the island. We'll probably take a horse drawn carriage tour. After that, Wiley has planned a number of interesting stops as we travel from East to West along the peninsula. We'll tour a copper mine, take a boat tour of Painted Rocks State Park and (hopefully) see lots of quaint old towns and autumn color. So don't miss the upcoming blogs!

Before we close out the Wekival Falls series, I'll post a few final pictures taken around the campground.

This bold raccoon has visited our bird feeder off and on since we first arrived in January. He's obviously not afraid of people with cameras! He just kept rummaging through that pile of pine needles that Wiley had raked up.We've also seen this red shouldered hawk around the campground a lot.And we also see two sand hill cranes just about every day. We know their routine now and can usually find them when we want to see them. But the other day I heard a noise and looked out to see FIVE sand hill cranes strolling through our campsite. This shot was taken through the camper window. They're such gorgeous birds!That's it for now. Do check in again soon. We'll be updating the blog much more frequently for the next couple of months.