A long weekend in Michigan

We just returned from a four day weekend in Cheboygan Michigan.

We met Patti and Tom in ur rental house there and had a great time as we visited Mackinac Island where we took a carriage ride and rode our bikes around the island.

We toured the Soo Locks by boat and enjoyed so much great whitefish and craft beers.

It was a great time.

There are many more details on our new blog, "Seen Your Sights."  

Check it out if you want more details and photos.

Courtney and the girls are coming tomorrow for some back to school shopping so that will be fun.

We leave for Boston this Friday, hope we survive that trip.

Photos from Michigan:

Nathan's Birthday, The Zoo, and Stonefire Pizza

Last Friday, Alissa and Nathan came out to celebrate his birthday with us.

Courtney brought the girls out on Friday,  too.

We opened the goody box and then headed to Biggs for dinner and beers.

The girls and GIGI came home after dinner while the rest of us went to the new bar, The Drafty Cellar.

It was a great night and I know Nathan loved his celebration.

On Saturday, Alissa and Nathan headed into Milwaukee to see the Van Auken home and then the four of them went to Lake Mills to have a sister/cousin outing with Mallory.

According to all reports, it was a fun sucessful outing.

While they were having their outing, we took the girls to the zoo.

We rode the zoo mobile, the train, the merry go round, saw the sea lion show, did the rope course and rode the sky glider.  In the midst of all this we did manage to see a few animals.

It was a fun day for sure.

We had planned to stay in a motel for one last hurrah of summer, but I had mistakenly made the reservation on the wrong night so there was no room available to us.

We tried every motel between there and Watertown and all were filled so we came home, watched movies, and had a fun night.

On Sunday we took the girls to Stonefire Pizza where they did the ninja course and played many arcade games.  We had a great buffet.

Spent four hours there and much money but it was a great time

We took the girls home to Milwaukee and returned home to relax.

Here are some photos"

Making many more memories with our two precious grand daughters!

Catching up!

Again, time has gotten away from me.

Where to begin?

We celebrated Soliana's golden birthday last Sunday at their new house in Milwaukee.

She turned seven on the seventh of July

We all enjoyed a dinner of her choice which consisted of swedish meatballs from IKEA, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, and a birthday cake.

It was a nice celebration for sure.

We met Terri and Mark in Oshkosh, of all places, and had a wonderful three hours with them catching up on our lives.

After getting home to Watertown,, John and I checked out the new taproom in town called The Drafty Cellar owned by a parent of mine, Alex Savath.

Cool place with good beers.

All in all, a great day.

Last week Wednesday, my friend, Pam Wilke asked me to go along with her to Saukville to look at campers.

We had a most fun adventure and I am happy to report that she did indeed walk away as a camper owner.

After our buying the camper from Joe we went to Port Washington for a yummy early dinner at Newport Shores.

I was able to go swimming with Louisa and kids this week and also watch Harmony for her.

We had a great time together.

Because I wanted to explore Port Washington a bit more after Pam and I had dinner there, John and I went there on Saturday.

We had a great time, walked six plus miles and enjoyed yummy food, beer gardens, and clean bathrooms.  Nice to be able to find clean public bathrooms whenever  we needed one.

Pam's camper!

Yummy food that I had when John and I ate at Newport shores in Port Washington and that is a shrimp kabob and marlin.  I had never had marlin before.  It was good, tasted like tuna.

 It was very foggy as we began our adventure but it cleared quickly

We walked out to this really cool lighthouse.

Found my next bike.

found a beer garden.

Climbed lots of stairs

Tried to use this for the ladies room.

It was locked.

Silly me, i need to read the signs better, I guess.

One last shot after a wonderful day exploring a beautiful city.

We came home and headed over to Lyons with Pam Wilke to enjoy Ian Gould sing some Irish music.

It was a great way to end the day.

Until next time...