It was nice to take our time getting going today. We wandered over to a cafe for breakfast, happy the rain seemed to be moving away. After breakfast we headed to South Shore Drive to see the old lighthouse affectionately known in the area as Big Red. Lighthouses dot the shoreline of Lake Michigan but not many are still in use. Big Red got it's nickname from the distinctive red Dutch inspired structure housing the lighthouse. South Shore Drive is lined with gorg...

It was an early start today after massive thunderstorms had kept us awake last night. We were at the dock about 5.10am and it was freezing down there. There was a process we had to go through - id checks, car checked underneath with a mirror on a stick and then the car parked in a numbered row. We both had to go into the terminal until all drivers were called at 5.30am. Only one was allowed to drive the car onto the ferry and the other had to walk on. There were...