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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Up North 2013

We all just got back from our Up North vacation for 2013.  I wonder if there are any other states where the words "Up North" mean as much.

With our wonderful, majestic Great Lakes, I find it hard to believe.  For all Michigan's pros and cons, the Great Lakes are it's greatest attribute.

This year we rented a place on Lake Michigan in Pierport.  For the Michiganders, that's half way between Manastee and Frankfurt.



This was the main house:


And this was the "Cottage House":


Most of us stayed in the main house, but Gigi (Great Grandma), Aunt Deb the Great and KiKi (our Texas cousin) were in the Carriage House.  Benefits...quiet in the morning.

Following are just some of the moment of frivolity and joy that followed:














Safe to say that I...


this vacation.

3 comments:

  1. Your family is so beautiful! What an idyllic time it must have been. We visited that part of Michigan about twenty years ago. Its so pretty.

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  2. looks like a perfect up north kind of vaca. Love the one of the relaxed and happy guy in the Adirondack by the water.

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