A 60-mile claw reaching out into Lake Superior along Michigan's Upper Peninsula ... the glacial lakes and alpine views of a ...

She wanted company for a trip north over the border of Michigan to pick up something special from a dispensary. My friend was sick, slept-on-the-bathroom-floor type sick, and L couldn’t face going on ...

Yes, the van seats seven and in theory, should be a good road trip car. Yet ... that had a minimum speed limit of around 60 MPH. Michigan’s roads would generally hold steady at 70-75 mph.

Add up the results on each of the extended road trips in assorted corners of the country — Florida, California, Indiana and now Colorado — and Michigan is an unblemished 9-0 in such games.