B-10 Rally MI Trip: Dinner Under a Crescent Moon (Day 1, May 14)

Dinner at sunset, Brighton Recreation Area

Today Mike and I got on the road for the tenth annual RV.net Class B Rally in Kincheloe, on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. We finished packing around 4:00pm and pulled out of the driveway, hoping to beat Cleveland rush hour traffic. The brand-new demonstration Advanced RV motor home we're traveling in, nicknamed "Candy," looks great and we immediately noticed it is the quietest RV we have ever driven.

At 8:00pm, we arrived at the Brighton Recreation Area, about 30 miles north of Ann Arbor. It's a beautiful State of Michigan park, situated on a lake bordering the city of Brighton. So early in the season, on a weeknight, we found the campground almost empty. We selected a site overlooking the lake. Sitting at the picnic table, under a crescent moon, we shared a salad topped with steak, leftover from Mother’s Day, and half a bottle of wine. This was the quietest and darkest park we had ever been in.  We slept well on the new bed with its fitted, custom-made sheet and a luxurious queen duvet over us for added warmth.