We're back from our family vacation and I can start blogging again! Here are a few pictures and bits of information about what we did:
A visit to Mackinac Island was one of the highlights of the trip. We took our bikes and rode around the Island, stopping to visit several places along the way. We went to the Butterfly House, of course, which the boys especially love because they also have a python. We looked through Fort Mackinac and also climbed up the Mission Point Tower. The boys said that was their favorite thing we did, because they had a lot of information about ships and shipwrecks in the Great Lakes.
We visited Petoskey State Park on two different days to spend some time at the beach. One day in particular, there were a lot of big waves. Stefan and Lukas loved the waves and were swimming like fish, riding the waves up toward the shore. It was fun for me to watch because I remember doing the same thing when I was a kid. I had my bathing suit on but it was a little too chilly for me that day so I didn't join in the fun. But honestly, watching them was all the fun I needed! Lars and the boys also flew a stunt kite for a little while.
We spent several afternoons up at the Mackinac Bridge. One day we went through Colonial Michilimackinac, which we have seen before but is always fascinating. Lars and I both said it's hard to imagine people actually living their lives there. The boys loved seeing them shoot the cannon and going through all of the different buildings they have set up to represent colonial times. We also visited Historic Mill Creek one day. It's a working sawmill that is completely powered by water. They gave a demonstration of sawing logs by hand and then showed how much faster the sawmill was. This picture is of us in front of the sawpit where they did the hand sawing demonstration.
I think one of the best things for me was to just to see my kids enjoying so many of the things I used to enjoy on our family vacations when I was a kid. Here we are at Arch Rock on Mackinac Island. (Ignore the hair - we were all wearing bike helmets all day!) We had a great time together as a family!
A visit to Mackinac Island was one of the highlights of the trip. We took our bikes and rode around the Island, stopping to visit several places along the way. We went to the Butterfly House, of course, which the boys especially love because they also have a python. We looked through Fort Mackinac and also climbed up the Mission Point Tower. The boys said that was their favorite thing we did, because they had a lot of information about ships and shipwrecks in the Great Lakes.
We visited Petoskey State Park on two different days to spend some time at the beach. One day in particular, there were a lot of big waves. Stefan and Lukas loved the waves and were swimming like fish, riding the waves up toward the shore. It was fun for me to watch because I remember doing the same thing when I was a kid. I had my bathing suit on but it was a little too chilly for me that day so I didn't join in the fun. But honestly, watching them was all the fun I needed! Lars and the boys also flew a stunt kite for a little while.
We spent several afternoons up at the Mackinac Bridge. One day we went through Colonial Michilimackinac, which we have seen before but is always fascinating. Lars and I both said it's hard to imagine people actually living their lives there. The boys loved seeing them shoot the cannon and going through all of the different buildings they have set up to represent colonial times. We also visited Historic Mill Creek one day. It's a working sawmill that is completely powered by water. They gave a demonstration of sawing logs by hand and then showed how much faster the sawmill was. This picture is of us in front of the sawpit where they did the hand sawing demonstration.
I think one of the best things for me was to just to see my kids enjoying so many of the things I used to enjoy on our family vacations when I was a kid. Here we are at Arch Rock on Mackinac Island. (Ignore the hair - we were all wearing bike helmets all day!) We had a great time together as a family!
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looks like it was a great vacation!
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