Friday, August 3, 2007

Vacation!

No, I have not fallen off the face of the planet.

We've just recently returned from our family vacation. It was outstanding, and if you'll permit me I'll bore you with a few pictures...

We travelled up to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and rented a cabin on Drummond Island. What follows is the bulletin board version of our vacation:

This one was taken at Whitefish Point.












Here's a view of Lower Tahquamenon Falls (officially my very most favourite space on Earth, at least that I've actually been too!).











This is the view 40 feet under the surface of Kitch-iti-kipi (a.k.a. Big Spring). Yes, those are trout with sand on their backs! And yes, the water is that clear.










This is Fort Michilimackinac. Notice the bridge to the U.P. in the background.











These rifles are being fired on the grounds of Fort Mackinac. This is the fort on Mackinac Island - the one above is at the very tip of Michigan's Lower Peninsula.









This is my oldest daughter (Rebekah) preparing to help in the saw pit at Mill Creek. That's pronounced "crick", in case you didn't know!








This is the freighter American Integrity just about ready to head downbound at the Soo Locks. This ship is 1,000' feet long! It's one of the biggest on the Great Lakes. Oh, and it has 14,000 horsepower.







This is Glen Cove, on the east side of Drummond Island. The road to get to this cove was ... amusing, to say the least. It was clearly designed for ATVs and snowmobiles, not 15-passenger vans, but we made it. And the view was worth the dust and bumps, don't you think?





This is the cabin we rented. It's on the west side of Drummond Island, facing the passageway that all the lake freighters go through on their way to Sault Saint Marie.









Consequently, we got views like this one every single day, at least ten times a day! I couldn't make out the name of this vessel - the last few days we were there were pretty hazy. Mom absolutely loved sitting in the screen room and watching the ships go by. I know Winston (my dear but departed father-in-law) would've loved them even more.




It's probably only fitting that I leave you with a view of the sunset we got to watch from the deck every evening. It was truly a wonderful vacation. We're grateful to the God who made these beautiful places and made us able to go and see them together.

Hatushili


3 comments:

Carmen at Old House Homestead said...

It was truly breathtaking...the views, the history, the weather. When can we go back??!!

As we often do as a family, we sit around and talk about our favorite thing of the day or the week or what-have-you. The last day we sat and shared our favorite thing we did that week. I honestly could not pick out one or even two favorite things...I loved it all! It was awesome. From the breezes to the views to the memories we'll forever have...oh and the stone woodchuck. I'll post the story at some point. It was hilarious but I'm afraid it was a "shoulda been there" moment, huh, mom?

Anonymous said...

Welcome home, we are so glad you had a great time and that you made it back safe!

Hatushili said...

Thanks! It's good to be back, no matter how we enjoyed the vacation.