Big Ship - Big Fun! The SS Badger

It was recommended to us that when we got to the part of the tour where we could choose to drive nearly 400 miles, or take the Manitowoc - Ludington Ferry, that we opt for the latter.  And happily, we did.  We took the "slow boat", and had a blast! 

The ride is 4 hours, and is a bit on the spendy side.  We would like to thank the staff and crew of the SS Badger for donating passage for us on the tour.  It was a generous, and nice thing to do.

On this ride they have one motto which we heard repeated throughout the trip ... Big ship - Big fun!  It wasn't the staff shoving this down our throats ... This was called out by many of the passengers while we played Bingo, and trivia games, and more.

There was an arcade, museum, a gift shop, a movie lounge, and much more.  It was a place for us to relax, and have more fun, while meeting people face to face that we likely would have never met.

The staff was perfectly selected, and made us feel right at home ... but then, they did this for all of their passengers.

We felt extremely honored to be able to go "play" with the crew, and actually do some photo ops with the crew, Chief, and Rookie.  Again, from Rookie's view ... Not so much.  ( ;

Our poor lil stunt mascot, Rookie, found himself spoofing a rather famous movie of several years past.  "I'm the king of the pole!"  Good thing Sioux Falls made that small, ummm, incision, so that we could string him up!

Oh, also noteworthy would be Kathy & Kelly donning the float suit.  They looked like giant lobster women.  For the record, Kathy got in her suit a lot faster than Kelly, but then she had the benefit of getting pointers ahead of time.

Again, thank you to all on the U.S.S. Badger ... Outstanding!  And we'll be back if you'll have us!

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lj & the road crew