Labor Day Trip ‘Up North’
13 Sep 2009 Leave a Comment
Well, once again Rick was able to swing a few days off and with some juggling of my schedule we were able to take Friday & Saturday before Labor day and took a quick trip to Pentwater, Ludington, and Manistee. I needed to get back for church on Sunday and we still had plenty to do around the house on Monday and besides, we can’t sleep too many nights in ‘foreign’ beds without feeling it in our bones.
Our first stop was at one of our very own almost local site: Uncle Johns Cider Mill just north of St. Johns for some very yummy fresh doughnuts and fresh pressed apple cider:
Uncle Johns Cider Mill
Then we went to Crystal, Michigan because I wanted to see where my very good friend and nail tech/hair stylist Kim and her husband live. She talks all the time about things that are there and I had yet to see it! It is about 1 1/2 hours from Lansing and she makes the trip in to East Lansing to work every day. So, once we found her house (a little cottage on a beautiful lake) we also drove around the town some and came across the stone house she has talked about. Notice the HUGE rocking chair on the front porch………
Huge rocking chair on this porch
Kim told me about a cool place fairly close to Crystal called Anderson and Girls. They have a petting zoo with camels, llamas, billy goats, etc. There was also a gift shop and an ice cream parlor. It was kind of cool. We got some great homemade bread, apple butter, peaches and caramel apples.
Anderson & Girls
The billy goat bridge
Anderson & Girls gift shop
Once we left Stanton we were on a ‘mission’ to get to Pentwater, but weren’t sure how to get there! (And I didn’t get my Garmin until Thursday!) We ended up taking all the back roads and just kept going North and West and figured if we did that we would eventually end up at Lake Michigan. We drove through the Manistee National Forest, saw lots of beautiful scenery and not much else. Not even much traffic! We did finally end up driving into Pentwater, MI from the south end of town and WOW…..did we fall in love with that town! Lots of boats, shops, restaurants (and people!). I’ll even put up a few of the pictures we took.
Pentwater
Channel looking toward Lake Michigan
The channel looking toward Pentwater
Gorgeous isn’t it! But kind of crowded and expensive. We did stay overnight there at a Best Western and enjoyed the shops. The weather was perfect too!
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