Saturday and the trip home
16 Sep 2009 1 Comment
We were so very tired after our fun day on Friday that we both were asleep just about as quick as our heads hit the pillows! I tried sleeping in, but Rick was up at his usual time and making all kinds of noise to wake me up……how mean is that!! I was still moving slowly (I used to be a morning person, but after 10 years of teaching early morning seminary and 4 years of paper routes even before early morning seminary I am still trying to catch up on my sleep….It is one of my hobbies!! LOL)
We made it to the breakfast offered by the hotel…..malt waffles and good cold milk! Then back to the room (it was very nice), I checked my email and then we packed up and checked out. We spent a few hours walking in and out of shops in Pentwater finding lots of stuff that we could have spent money on (if we had any!) and taking our time. After we thought we had exhausted Pentwater we headed north again, around Ludington this time and up toward Manistee. Another really cute little town. I just loved their “Welcome to Manistee” sign!
We didn’t spend time in Manistee. But we kept driving north and came accidentally on one of the greatest places we had seen the whole trip. It was a little (Very Little!) town called Onekama on Portage Lake! Very small town, very big boats and a not very many people! Our kind of place! There is even a channel from the harbor to Lake Michigan which of course is necessary in order to really ‘GO BIG’!
Onekama City Park
Portage Lake
We had hamburgers for lunch at a cute little ice cream shop with outdoor seating. (Sorry, I didn’t take a picture : ( ! ) We drove into the landing area and even spoke with one of the residents (probably the owner of the landing) and he said they are always looking to attract more tourists to the area. What we decided is that we need a boat and need to find a way to make a living from home! But back to reality……..
I guess we were feeling some pressure to get going to make our way home before it got too late. It was still a 3 1/2 hour drive. This time we needed to make our way east and south, except Rick kept having me make turns NORTH!
Apparently we needed to drive some north in order to find the fastest way east to Mt. Pleasant and then south to Lansing on 27. Again we had to drive through the Manistee National Forest, beautiful views and almost no traffic! It was a pleasant drive and we arrived home safely about 5:30 or 6 on Saturday evening. And then we were back to the usual! Prepare my Primary lesson, etc., etc., etc.
Thanks for spending time with us!
Rest of the day on Friday….Ludington!
16 Sep 2009 Leave a Comment
Hi again! Once we checked into the hotel and ‘freshened’ up a bit, we decided to take a trip to Ludington….just a few miles up the road. As we drove through the cute little town we were hunting for the lakefront. There it is: a gorgeous city park with a great beach, pier and lighthouse! Then we see the sign to Ludington State Park and thought we’d like to take a look……up the road we went and then we find out we have to pay to get into the park. And we are sooooo cheap we couldn’t bring ourselves to cough up the $10 when we could go to the City Park for free and see the same sunset on the same Lake Michigan!! We turned around at the park entrance and headed back to Ludington……..lovely dunes along the way!! We got dinner at a restaurant in town (mediocre at best) and then drove around town looking at the cool houses and great yards and finally ended up sitting on the beach (in our lawn chairs) just watching everyone. There was a great deal going on, volleyball, holes being dug in the sand, little kids playing, and this:
I don't know what you call it, but it looks like fun!
He flew over several times before finally landing on the beach.
As the evening wore on Rick and I took a walk along the edge, enough to get kind of damp (me more than Rick). I had told him several days before we went that I’d be happy if all we did was walk on the beach and watch the sunset over the lake. The weather was cool (some even wore jackets) and the lake was sooooo very beautiful!
The pier and lighthouse
Gorgeous or what??!!
Sunset over Lake Michigan
Okay, enough already!!
Then it was time to venture back to Pentwater and the motel, but it was also time for the ‘drive-bys’ who also wanted to see the sunset over Lake Michigan but didn’t want to sit and wait for it. It was hard to back out of our parking spot, but we made it and then as we were driving to Pentwater the Full Moon was Risin’ and it was beautiful too!
Full Moon in Ludington!
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