Happy End of Summer!

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Happy End of Summer!

In 2020, our family (like many of you) had to put big vacation plans on hold due to Covid. Instead, we did a couple of shorter trips.

I’d hoped 2021 would allow us to move forward with a bigger vacation. But this year, my twins graduated from college. With one starting grad school and one getting a new job, we couldn’t find a block of time that worked for everyone to take a trip.

So . . . all that to say, sadly, we did not get to take that big vacation.

We wanted to do something together, however. And so at the end of August we took a long weekend trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In looking for a place to stay, we happened upon a Vrbo house that had just come on the market, a big house right on Lake Michigan. We snapped that baby right up!

Here is the house with a picture-perfect view of the lake from almost every window.

The first day of our trip we stopped at the Mackinac Bridge and a couple of lighthouses. I’ve dragged my family to lighthouses all over Michigan, so my kids and hubby are used to humoring by now.

We had a rainy second day but still had fun visiting the Soo Locks, Point Iroquois Lighthouse (yes another lighthouse!), and Tahquamenon Falls.

On our third day, we headed over to Mackinac Island and did the thing that should be on everyone’s bucket list—we biked around the island. It’s 8 miles of the most stunning view ever. We hiked up to Arch Rock, ate ice cream and fudge, and shopped.

Finally on our last day, we took a trip to Oswald’s Bear Ranch. This is a rescue ranch where they bring in cubs and bears that need a home. Since the U.P. is known for its bears, this was a perfect and fun last day getting to feed and pet a bear cub and throwing apples to all the other bears.