Originally Posted by Lisanne
Michigan has the five Great Lakes and numerous smaller beaches. You can camp or stay in a motel. Port Huron is one place to check out.
Drive to Dearborn, near Detroit, and spend the day at Greenfield Village, a historic village with the Henry Ford Museum (cars and planes) next to it. The village has Thomas Edison's place, the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, a glassblower's shop, that kind of thing.
Or come to central Pennsylvania. See Gettysburg, see Hershey. Hershey has the chocolate museum, etc, but it also has an amusement park, botanical gardens, and a LQS. Hotels are expensive, but you can stay a bit outside for much less.
Dearborn was one of the ideas I had thought of. We went to the Silver Lake area once and loved the dunes. In fact my son and I were discussing if we wanted to do that again. I had also thought of Traverse City area but don't know if there would be enough for my son and husband in that area. I grew up on Lake Erie so I know Port Huron area.