May "The Fourth" be with you....

Today is the 4th of July and we had a pretty easy travel day.  It was cloudy, 66 degrees and a great day to travel.  We stopped at a rest stop for a picnic lunch of ham and swiss cheese sandwiches and, as we were nearing our campground, we spotted the Blue Angels performing an air show over the West Bay of Lake Michigan.  What a sight!  They pulled a nose dive and got as close as 20 feet from the lake.  There were only 5 of them as the 6th died in a recent tragic accident. 

We are staying at Traverse Bay RV Resort which is a magnificent place and has definitely earned the right to call themselves a resort.  We have had reservations here for quite some time so the anticipation has been building and, so far, has not disappointed.  Here is a view

out our front window:

Once we got settled in, we took a drive into downtown Traverse City where the National Cherry Festival was in full swing....a reported 500,000 people to be exact.  We found a restaurant on the West Bay called West End Tavern which had just opened 4 days ago.  The menu was average but the ambiance was fantastic....we waited 30 minutes to get a table outside on a large patio overlooking the harbor where all the boats were moored.

Wow....I'm duly impressed with this area already.  The temperature was perfect with only 35% humidity....that's 35% okay?  Not 95% which is what we it was when we left Florida.