Mike and I have returned from our annual vacation to his family's cabin in the great Up North! We left right after work on Thursday, and made it home late today. With a weekend full of nothing but beautiful weather and lots of relaxing, it was very, very hard to come back to reality. Tomorrow it will be back to work, but what a fantastic break we had!
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Friday was our first full day at the cabin, so we slept in and spent a lazy day sunning on the beach. Sandy arrived late in the afternoon, just in time for dinner, and later we went to Rogers City for a live show and some ice cream! We finished the day up with some margaritas and our favorite game of all time--Blokus!
Saturday was a picture-perfect day, so Mike and I chose it to be the day we visited Mackinac Island! We first did some shopping in the city, then took a mid-afternoon ferry over to the Island. We met up with our good friends Nick and Colleen, who were also in northern Michigan for the weekend, and went biking around the whole island! Mike and I rented a tandem bike for the very first time, and we discovered it was not as easy to ride as it looks! I had a blast though, and after an eight mile round trip, we were hungry for dinner! We ate at our favorite restaurant, the Irish Pub, and then spent the next few hours shopping main street. Finally we bought fudge and ice cream, and took the last ferry back to the mainland at 10 pm. It was already dark outside, so we got to see the Mackinac Bridge lit up! There were also some fireworks being shot off near the Upper Peninsula end, which made the view all the more beautiful.
Sunday was a beach day! Sandy, Debbie, Mike and I got our beach chairs out and took in some sun all day. Their cabin sits on Lake Huron, and they get to enjoy a beautiful shallow, sandy stretch of beach. I went swimming several times, and then we decided to try our hands at sailing! Sandy got out a cute two-person sailboat for us to try. None of us knew how to sail (or how to put the boat together!), but after much trial and error, we finally got our vessel in the water! Mike took her out for almost two hours, and did an awesome job! I took many pictures/videos of his adventure.
Today (Monday) was our last day, and we had to leave about mid-afternoon to make it home at a decent time. We got up in the morning and drove to Ocqueoc Falls near the cabin, where we enjoyed several beautiful waterfalls and some swimming! Afterwards I took a dip in Lake Huron, before finally coming back to shower and pack up to leave. Hours later, I was back home with a little sunburn, a little fudge, and a ton of great stories!
As usual, I was super sad to leave it all behind to come back to work, but even so, I had a great time. We're hoping to go back Labor Day weekend, and maybe even go into the Upper Peninsula a little bit! That would be a fun way to kick off my third year of grad school. :) *whew!* For now though, it's back to work!
Saturday was a picture-perfect day, so Mike and I chose it to be the day we visited Mackinac Island! We first did some shopping in the city, then took a mid-afternoon ferry over to the Island. We met up with our good friends Nick and Colleen, who were also in northern Michigan for the weekend, and went biking around the whole island! Mike and I rented a tandem bike for the very first time, and we discovered it was not as easy to ride as it looks! I had a blast though, and after an eight mile round trip, we were hungry for dinner! We ate at our favorite restaurant, the Irish Pub, and then spent the next few hours shopping main street. Finally we bought fudge and ice cream, and took the last ferry back to the mainland at 10 pm. It was already dark outside, so we got to see the Mackinac Bridge lit up! There were also some fireworks being shot off near the Upper Peninsula end, which made the view all the more beautiful.
Sunday was a beach day! Sandy, Debbie, Mike and I got our beach chairs out and took in some sun all day. Their cabin sits on Lake Huron, and they get to enjoy a beautiful shallow, sandy stretch of beach. I went swimming several times, and then we decided to try our hands at sailing! Sandy got out a cute two-person sailboat for us to try. None of us knew how to sail (or how to put the boat together!), but after much trial and error, we finally got our vessel in the water! Mike took her out for almost two hours, and did an awesome job! I took many pictures/videos of his adventure.
Today (Monday) was our last day, and we had to leave about mid-afternoon to make it home at a decent time. We got up in the morning and drove to Ocqueoc Falls near the cabin, where we enjoyed several beautiful waterfalls and some swimming! Afterwards I took a dip in Lake Huron, before finally coming back to shower and pack up to leave. Hours later, I was back home with a little sunburn, a little fudge, and a ton of great stories!
As usual, I was super sad to leave it all behind to come back to work, but even so, I had a great time. We're hoping to go back Labor Day weekend, and maybe even go into the Upper Peninsula a little bit! That would be a fun way to kick off my third year of grad school. :) *whew!* For now though, it's back to work!
4 comments:
After that third try on the Tandem, we had that down pat! :)
We're such a good team! :D
:-*
Aw sounds like so much fun, and your pictures are great! Oh, and I tagged you and Shruti on my photo blog - you're it :P
Ocqueoc Falls is one of my favorite places in the world. Glad you had a good time!
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