2026 Roadtrip: Seattle to Georgia, Canada and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

  • Thunder Bay, ON

    We camped about 40 minutes east of town at Sleeping Giant Provincial Park. This park was also on a large clear lake – about 10 times bigger than Penn Lake. We launched our inflatable kayak here. There were people canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding and fishing. But the lake is so big, you didn’t see or…

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  • Marathon, ON

    The 4-½ hour drive from Pancake Bay on Trans-Canada Highway 17 was remote and beautiful. There wasn’t even a gas station for the first 90 miles. The road started with vistas on the northern shore of Lake Superior then climbed into rolling hills and roadside lakes in upper Ontario. There are lots of hiking and…

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  • Pancake Bay, ON

    After crossing the border back into Ontario, Canada, our first stop was at Pancake Bay, a large (more than 360 campsites) Provincial park on the shores of Lake Superior. Our campsite was on a heavily forested hilltop. But within a quarter-mile we had access to the dog-friendly section of the beach. Once again we enjoyed…

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We are on the road again for an epic trip east from Seattle, as far south as Savannah and as far north as Nova Scotia.