Over, On or Around

We’ve usually headed for points west from our home in Michigan by driving around Lake Michigan. The debate is whether to go the northern route – across the Mackinac Bridge, through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, then into Wisconsin – or the southern route to Indiana then through Chicago.

This time, traveling to the Milwaukee Irish Festival, we went on Lake Michigan. We took the Lake Express ferry from Muskegon to Milwaukee. It only took a few hours and was quite relaxing. Being somewhat challenged in the planning department, we did not have reservations and went standby. Our car was the last one loaded on the ferry.

In Milwaukee, we hung out with some pilots at the Hyatt Regency (mainly, its pub) and at the festival. One Marine and the rest Navy pilots. They were on a training exercise, taking off and landing at various civilian airports. They flew from Traverse City, Michigan to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In two-man fighter jets, I suspect they crossed the lake in a matter of seconds.