Itinerary - Accommodation Reservations Made - Touring Items Flexible
Saturday 8/25
Saturday 8/25
- Leave Jefferson City and travel most of the way to Chicago somewhere around Indianapolis
- Brown County / Nashville KOA
2248 State Road 46 E
Nashville , IN 47448-9250
800-562-9132 - 355 miles to Indianapolis, 5 hours 30 minutes drive time. See Possible Routes Page.
- Arrive in Chicago for Out of Chicago Flower Conference
- 276 miles from Indianapolis to Chicago, 4 hours 7 minutes drive time
- We will stay at the Conference Hotel the Embassy Suites in Deerfield, Ill. 1445 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, Illinois (847-945-4500)/ This is close to the Chicago Botanical Gardens where we will be shooting.
- Conference for Karen
- Leave Chicago and drive to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- Staying at the Scofield House Bed and Breakfast. 908 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay, WI
- 233 miles 4.5 hours
- Average Temperature 61° - 76°
- Door Country - Haven't planned these days yet. Since we will be there for 5 days a lot of what we will do each day will be weather dependent. As many days as possible will do a sunrise and sunset.
- Sunrise 6:10 and sunset 7:28
- Door Country
- Door Country
- Door Country
- Leave Door County and drive to Two Rivers Visit Point Beach State Forrest visit Rawley's Point Lighthouse. Also be sure to drive on Wisconsin Rustic Road - Sandy Bay.
- Drive and walk along the Mariners Trail between Two Rivers and Manitowock. This is a 6 mile paved trail along Lake Michigan
- Stay Lighthouse Inn on the Lake in Two Rivers 1515 Memorial Drive, (920) 793-4524, (800) 228-6416
- 64 miles, 1.5 hours drive time
- Average Temperature 53° - 65°
- Sunrise 6:20 and sunset 7:24
- Sunrise at Point Beach and visit Woodland Dunes Nature Center
- Visit Shybogyan, Shybogyan Falls, Kohler-Andrae State Park and Kohler
- 40 miles, Drive Time 47 minutes to Shybogyan.
- Return to Two Rivers and Stay at Lighthouse Inn on the Lake
- Do sunrise again at Point Beach or Mariners Trail or Woodland Dunes
- Drive to High Cliff State Park in Sherwood, WI
- Stay in Appleton, hub city for Lake Winnebago at Quality Inn, Appleton - 3623 W College Ave, 920 - 731-5271
- 40 miles to High Cliff, 1 hour drive time
- Average Temperature 51° - 61°
- Sunrise 6:23 and sunset 7:18
- Sunrise at High Cliff and some time there
- Travel to Dunbar, WI with these stops along the way
- Green Bay
- Oconto
- Peshtigo
- Marinette
- Stay at the Christmas Lane Inn B&B (W10236 Christmas Ln, Dunbar, WI) in Dunbar
- Total miles for this route is 147 miles, 3 hours. This is without stops to see the sights.
- See map of possible routes from Google Maps on the Possible Routes page
- Average Temperature 45° - 78°
- Sunrise 6:24 and sunset 7:17
- Visit the waterfalls of Marinette and surrounding area (Link to video about waterfalls)
- Marinette County Visitors Guide
- Visit Cathedral Pines and Lakewood Region
- Stay in Dunbar, WI again
- See map of possible route to see the waterfalls on the Possible Routes page
- Sunrise 6:22 and sunset 7:17
- Leave Dunbar and travel to Ironwood, MI. on US 2. If time drive to to, Copper Falls State Park then back to Ironwood, MI. If not time then see this on Monday on the way to Bayfield.
- Stay at Black River Lodge (N12390 Black River RD, Ironwood, MI) check in time is between 3-9pm CST.
- Drive Time 197 miles, 3 hours and 47 minutes - includes backtracking from Copper Falls back to Ironwood, MI
- See map on Possible Routes page
- Average Temperature 47° - 67°
- Sunrise 6:15 and sunset 7:25
- Travel from Ironwood to Bayfield - depending on time can drive north on the Black River Scenic Highway for 11 miles to see waterfalls - or could switch this with the previous day and travel to Copper Falls State Park today.
- With stops at Superior Falls and Ashland for the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center - See map on Possible Routes Page
- Ottawa National Forest Waterfalls on Black River Scenic Highway
- Black River Scenic Highway Overview
- Hiking Trails of the Black River Scenic Highway and Black River Harbor
- Stay in Bayfield at the Seagull Bay Motel (325 S 7th St. Bayfield, WI )
- 105 miles, Drive Time 2 hours 21 minutes - includes drive time only not stops to see Waterfalls and Visitor Center
- Average Temperature 48° - 68°
- Tour Bayfield and the Apostle Islands National Seashore and Big Bay State Park
- Stay in Bayfield again
- Travel from Bayfield to Superior, WI or Duluth, MN
- Visit Amnicon State Park and Jay Cooke State Park
- Stay at Cloquet, MN KOA
1381 Kampground Road
Cloquet , MN 55720
800-562-9506 - 118 Miles by going around the peninsula through through Sand Bay and Cornucopia and then down to Amnicon Falls and Jay Cooke State parks. See Possible Routes Page.
- 2 hours 31 minutes drive time total without stops.
- Average Temperature 50° - 64°
- Visit Patterson State park
- Visit Duluth for information about Skyline Parkway see Thompson Hill Information Center and Overlook.
- Things to see Glensheen Mansion, Tweed Museum of Art at University of Minnesota, Duluth Depot Square,
- Stay in Cloquet, MN KOA
- Tour North Shore of Minnesota via Highway 61 - Depending on weather could begin with sunrise at Jay Cooke State Park. Only 6 minutes from the KOA.
- Begin with Skyline Parkway in Duluth - 25 miles with several parks and overlooks.
- Thompson Hill Information Center and Overlook.
- Hawk Ridge Bird Nature Reserve - we will be here during the migration period.
- Enger Park
- Seven Bridges Road
- Kitchie-Gammi Park Brighton Beach
- Highway 61 Places to See between Duluth and Two Harbors
- Stoney Point Beach
- Pierre the Voyageur,
- Tugboat Edna G. in Two Harbors
- Sonju Trail - 1 mile trail in Two Harbors between the two harbors. It ends near the Two Harbors Lighthouse
- Kelsey Beach. This link has information on other beaches along the North Shore. It is across from Betty's Pies -which would be a good place for a meal.
- Sliver Creek Cliff Trail - Highest cliff on Lake Superior
- Gooseberry Falls State Park
- 58 miles, Drive Time 1 hour, 3 minutes this with no stops and from KOA to motel
- Stay at Gooseberry Park Cottages and Motel
- 2778 Highway 61
Two Harbors, MN 55616
800-950-0283
- 2778 Highway 61
- Average Temperature 53° - 65°
- Tour North Shore of Minnesota via Highway 61
- Begin the day at Gooseberry Falls State Park - depending on how much we got to see the previous day.
- Iona's Beach - natural area with pink rock beach
- Split Rock Falls
- Split Rock Falls and Split Rock Lighthouse State Park
- Stay at Gooseberry Park Cottages and Motel again
- Tour North Shore of Minnesota via Highway 61
- Palisade Head (3 miles north of Silver Bay)
- Tour Tettegouche State Park (including Illgen Falls)
- Crystal Beach
- Father Baraga's Cross
- Temperance River State Park
- Stay in Lusten at the Cascade River Lodge for 3 nights
- 3719 West Highway 61 Lutsen MN
- Tour North Shore
- Tour Cascade River State Park
- Drive on the Gunflint Trail Scenic Highway visit the Chik-Wauk Nature Center at the end of this 57 mile scenic highway
- Stay in Lutsen again
- Tour North Shore - Last Day
- Judge C.R. Magney State Park (Devils Kettle Waterfalls, and Grand Marais)
- Grand Portage State Park,
- Stay in Lutsen again
- Leave for Ely
- Stay in Ely at the Blue Heron Bed and Breakfast
- 827 Kawishiwi Trail
Ely, MN 55731d
- 827 Kawishiwi Trail
- Drive Time: 2 hours and 9 minutes, 104 miles
- Average Temperature 44° - 68°
- Drive to Bemjidi
- Stay at Douglas Lodge at Lake Itasca. Dee Dee and Bret will be joining us here. Will be in a 2 room suite(link to lodging page: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/itasca/lodging/units_rooms.html)
- 36750 Main Park Drive
Park Rapids, MN 56470
- 36750 Main Park Drive
- Drive Time 3 hours and 16 minutes, 171 miles - there are other longer routes that could add up to 20 miles that might be more scenic.
- Average Temperature 46° - 67°
- Tour Northern Lakes around Bemjidi
- Another night in the Lake Itasca Lodge
- Drive to St. John's Abbey
- 160 miles, Drive Time 3 hours
- Stay in St. John's Abbey
- 2380 Water Tower Road
- Collegeville, MN 56321-2015
- Guesthouse: 320-363-2573 (phone)
- Average Temperature 51° - 61°
- Tour St. John's and the Abbey
- Stay in the Abbey
- Drive to the Driftless Region on the Great River Road. We will travel through Minneapolis and then be sure to stop at Prescot, Wisconsin for the Great River Road Visitor's Center
- Stay in Trempealau at the Little Bluff Inn
- 11451 Main Street Trempealeau, WI 54661
- (608) 534-6615
- 223 miles, Drive time along the Great River Road 4 hours. See Possible Routes Page
- Average Temperature 52° - 73°
- Tour Frank Lloyd Wright sights and Drive part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Trail
- Stay at Blackhawk Inn 720 Race Street, Wisconsin Dells
- 89 miles from La Crosse to Wisconsin Dells, Drive Time 1.5 hours
- Average Temperature 48° - 72°
- Tour Wisconsin Dells Area - Video for Wisconsin Dells
- State Parks close to Wisconsin Dells - will need to choose which ones to visit: Governor Dodge State Park, Devils Lake State Park, Mirror Lake State Park, Wildcat Mountain State Park,
- Stay in Wisconsin Dells
- Head home
- Stay Hilton Garden Inn, South Greenwood, Indianapolis, IN
- 5225 Noggle Way,
- 317-888-4814
- 426 miles, 6 hours and 22 minutes. See Possible Routes Page
- Drive the rest of the way home.
- From Indianapolis to home 322 miles, 6 hours drive time