Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan

I took this trip some years ago, so I am not sure which ferry's are still operational or what their operating seasons are, so be sure to do your research ahead of time if you are driving from the west side of Lake Michigan.

I would highly recommend taking the ferry if you are driving from Wisconsin, unless you have a love of sitting in Chicago traffic.
Let's see: traffic, or watch your car getting driven onto a boat while you lounge on the deck and enjoy the scenery, then spend the next couple of hours being a bum while you take the ultimate scenic shortcut?
Count me in for the ferry.
This particular ferry was out of Manitowoc, WI.

Nope, this is not Hawaii, it's Michigan!

Be careful of the other side of these dunes: it's a 450 foot high roll to the bottom.

The non-cliff side of the park has plenty of beautiful hiking trails down to the lake beach.

I almost forgot, there is another route to get to/from Upper Peninsula Michigan besides the ferry and the southern Chicago traffic route, and that is the route that I took back: the northern route across the Mackinac bridge.

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