DAY ONE
After breakfast at Mr. Pib’s, we met out at the Gingrich Farm to load up for our sight-seeing trip… six crazy old senior citizens in an Avalanche!
Check out Larry’s shoes…..
I immediately nicknamed him Tweety Bird.
Kathy and Elaine, ready to roll!
I think I’ve already said, “we’re crazy.”
Kathy found this hat in their Avalanche, so Elaine and I had to check it out. OK, so Elaine looks better in the hat. Tiny little thing looks good in anything!
Our first stop along Lake Michigan.
And here we are, thanks to the nice man who volunteered was drafted to take our picture.
Lake Michigan is just so large, I think it should be called the Michigan Freshwater Sea.
Elaine and I climbed to the top level of this.
Next stop.
It was closed, so we didn’t get to climb to the top.
Don got to stick his hand in the Lake.
Will someone please explain why a person would have a bicycle on a boat?
The one and only covered bridge we saw.
Time for lunch!!
Near our picnic site, a dead tree.
Next we saw the dunes. Acres and acres of sand. We didn’t dothis >>here<<, but it would be a great family vacation and lots of fun.
Making me nervous! It’s about four hundred feet from where Don is standing to the water’s edge.
From this observation deck, it is 450 feet to the water’s edge.
You can barely see people, mostly very young, walking down or climbing up the sand slide.
With my 15X zoom, we can see people playing in the water.
To my right, looking up the beach. That little white speck in the water is…..
There were about a half dozen of these flying around.
Another beautiful view.
At one of our stops, we could see this beautiful farm way in the distance.
And the road we were on, took us right to it.
We also visited…
And the Blacksmith’s Shop.
For the night, we stayed in Charlevoix. Here we saw a schooner in the bay.
Our motel had beautiful lilies.
We thought we would play cards when we stopped for the night, but we were just so tired, we all turned in early. What a wonderful day we’ve had. Thank You, Lord Jesus, for the safety you provide and all the beauty of Your Creation.
Some people take their bikes on the boat so that when they stop on any of the islands, they have a way to get around. On one of the islands in Lake Erie, you can rent bicycles or golf carts to get around the island. So glad you are having fun!
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