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!
Sep 21, 2009 @ 00:43:50
Wow you have been busy posting, these are wonderful. Looks like a great time! We miss you now come see us ok! Fun Fun!