Home Again

Wow! It has been a very busy two weeks. I will try and catch you up without making it too long.

Our trip started with an 18 hour drive to Mackinaw City. When we arrived my wish was granted.... cooler weather. It was 50 degrees and raining. Maybe next time I should be more specific with my wishes. For those of you that have had the pleasure of visiting Mackinaw you know there is not a whole lot to do indoors everything is outdoors. We started our day with lunch at the Dixie Saloon. We were not that impressed with the food but it is a neat place near the lake.

I did not notice until now this picture is very dark sorry.

After lunch we tried to fill some time shopping in the many souvenir type shops. I wonder what people thought about the crazy lady taking pictures in all the shops

You see how amused Taylor is with this adventure. You know 14 year olds are not impressed with many things their parents do or say.

The rain finally stopped so we tried to visit some of the lighthouses where it was still a chilly 55 degrees.

Now it was time for a trip to the lake where it was really cold with the wind coming off the water. The water was freezing. I could not even put my foot in. Taylor decided he would make a bet with Jason on who could go out the farthest in the freezing cold water. Of course Jason could not turn down a bet.

Taylor ventured into the water first

then Jason. By the looks of his arms maybe he thought he could just fly over the water and that would count.

So as you can see Taylor emerged the victor. Jason should know a 14 year old will go out as far as it takes to win $20.00

It started to rain again so we decided to take the kids to the indoor water park at the hotel.

Jason really enjoyed himself at the water park. The 18 hour drive must have caught up with him.

I am so glad Jason doesn't have a blog, I would be scared of what pictures he may post of me after he sees this.

After a busy, cold, rainy day we retreated back to our room to try and catch up on some sleep.

Well this is already very long and we are only on day ONE. I will sign off for now and post more tomorrow about our week in the Upper Peninsula with Jason's family.

Take care.

Michelle