The Great Lakes Music Tour

Look forward to an amazing ten-night adventure around the USA! This trip starts with a three-night pre-stay in Detroit; before you pick up your motorhome and embark on a seven-night Great Lakes Music Tour. You’ll get to experience the musical centres of Chicago for the blues, Detroit’s ‘Motown’, and Cleveland where “Rock and Roll” was born; combined with Toronto and Niagara Falls in this classic two-nation itinerary.

Days One to Three: Detroit, Michigan

Fly into Detroit where your ten-night adventure gets underway with a three-night stay. You’ll have plenty of time to call into the Motown Museum where legends such as Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Temptations, and Marvin Gaye recorded their greatest hits. Or to witness the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History’s collections and exhibits celebrating events and accomplishments of African-Americans. Perhaps stroll down the City’s First Street at Detroit Historical Museum or cruise the Detroit River aboard a Diamond Jack Riverboat.

Day Four: Detroit to Indiana to Michigan

Pick up your motorhome from the Cruise America depot in Chicago and head east around the shores of Lake Michigan, out of Illinois into Indiana. As you cross the state line, you'll come to Gary, birthplace of Michael Jackson. Then cross into Michigan, and to your first overnight stop, minutes from Lake Michigan’s superb beaches. Your KOA campground is also close to St Joseph where the Curious Kids Museum “encourages discovery, wonder, and awe”. 
✪ 110 miles to Coloma/St Joseph ★ Visit the National Parks Service’s Indiana Dunes or the Warren Dunes State Park along the way.

Day Five: Michigan to Detroit

En route to Detroit, the home of ‘Motown’; you’ll pass by Battle Creek which is where a certain Dr Kellogg invented cold breakfasts and ‘Full Blast’, an exciting water-park. Your campsite is just a half-hour drive from Detroit and close to the Henry Ford Museum, a huge complex dedicated to the motor industry. 
✪ 175 miles to KOA Greenfield, Detroit ★ Visit the Arctic Ring of Life at Detroit Zoo. At 4.2 acres, it’s the world’s largest polar bear exhibit and features the only Polar Passage; a 70 feet long clear tunnel in which visitors can get closer to diving and swimming polar bears and seals than anywhere else on earth.

Day Six: Detroit to Toronto

Cross from the centre of Detroit by bridge or tunnel into Canada. You'll pass through Chatham, London, and Cambridge, and even cross the River Thames to reach your multi-award-winning campground for tonight; located just 20 miles from Toronto. 
✪ 285 miles to Ontario, Toronto ★ Visit the CN Tower, until 2007 the world’s tallest freestanding structure.

Day Seven: Toronto to Niagara Falls

Toronto may well be somewhere you’ll choose to extend your stay but, if you’re carrying on, you’re headed round Lake Ontario bound for Niagara Falls. Along the way, you should see the Welland Canal which links Lakes Erie and Ontario. Its eight locks raise ships and enable them to bypass the 173 feet-high Niagara Falls. Your campground is just ten minutes from the Falls and that’s where you should take the famous Maid of the Mist boat tour. 
✪ 105 miles to Niagara Falls, Ontario ★ Visit Niagara on the Lake and at least one of the nearby world-class wine producers such as Chateau des Charmes and golfer Mike Weir’s estate.

Day Eight: Niagara Falls to Cleveland

Cross back into the United States and, passing Buffalo, take the interstate bound for Cleveland. This is another place where you may wish to extend your stay; but make a start with the startling I.M. Pei design for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, allow plenty of time to wallow in the soundtrack of your life. Woodside Lake campground is south of the city near other attractions. 
✪ 230 miles to Streetsboro/Cleveland ★ Visit Presque Isle State Park near Erie on your way from Niagara and Aurora Farms Premium Outlet Mall, Geauga Lake, and Wildwater Kingdom all close to your campsite.

Day Nine: Cleveland to Toledo East

If you have children on board, or just if you're young at heart; do stop after 80 or so miles at Cedar Point Amusement Park, The Roller Coaster Capital of the World! There’s much more here; but the roller coasters attract visitors from every part of the globe. After the thrills, it’s only another hour on to Stony Ridge KOA to overnight.
✪ 130 miles to Toledo East ★ Visit the Inland Seas Maritime Museum at Vermillion which is dedicated to the fascinating history of shipping.

Day Ten: Toledo East to Union, Chicago Northwest

Back to Chicago in four hours, crossing the state of Michigan. Your campground was chosen because it’s a very quick and easy drive back to Cruise America in the morning. But there’s fun to be had right next door at ‘Wild West Town’! This attraction includes a full-service restaurant and is fun for adults and children alike on your last night.
✪ 260 miles to Union, Chicago Northwest ★ Visit the Illinois Railway Museum; it’s America’s largest and also in Union.

Day Eleven: Chicago to UK

Only a 15-mile drive to return your motorhome to Cruise America today before making your way to the airport to board your flight back to the UK – hopefully with many happy memories to look back on of your Great Lakes Music Tour.