I am loading a ton of pictures right this very minute but I don't think they are going to be done by the time this coffee shop closes in just 13 minutes!! I wanted to get the pictures off the real camera so that you could see more, but we just couldn't get here any earlier.
Today, Pam, Dad and I went to Dad's cousin's funeral while Mark and the girls hung out at Penny's and the motor home. Penny's daughter Kathy died the day before we we left. She was 54 and had multiple sclerosis for the last 30+ years. When my Dad's mom died, he was 13 years old and he went to live with Penny through high school, and Kathy became one of his siblings during this time. So it was really good that we were here. Anyway, this morning didn't feel like much of a vacation but it was really good that we were part of it all. I did keep worrying that the girls were being let down by their vacation so far but they were totally fine, of course!!
This evening, we went back to the Bay and actually spent time there playing on the shore in the sand. The girls loved it and it definitely felt like vacation then! It was a beautiful day today - all sunshine. Tomorrow we are heading out to Mackinac Island. It is about 100 miles from Traverse City (we have rented a mini-van) so we are trying to get an early start so we can catch an early ferry across Lake Michigan. We'll spend the whole day on the island, including a horse drawn carraige tour, butterfly house and other sites to see. I will post as often as possible!!
2 comments:
The pictures are great! And Look, Jill's smiling at the camera!
Kim, you're so, so smart. And what a delightful picture of the Tabler family. Looks like the girls love having their tootsies in the sand - they definitely don't get that from Grandpa.
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