Ah--Michigan

Well we just returned from a wonderful trip to Michigan. First stop was Ann Arbor for my son's visit to a prospective college. We saw a few friends at church on Sunday and it was off to Dad's. The weather was fine and we arrived late Sunday evening. Dad made everyone pizza--ok frozen but yummy. We played on the four-wheeler a bit and watched movies. The next day we headed up to Wolf Bay Retreat near Curtis, MI. The upper peninsula of Michigan is very beautiful.

The next few days were spent with loving friends that we met in seminary. The three bedroom, 2 bath cabin was now housing 19 people. Cozy and fun. The men folk fished every day while the woman worked on food and quilts. There were early morning walks and campfires at night. The weather just kept on co-operating.

One night as we all sat by the fire, various people kept hearing noises coming from the woods--right behind where we were sitting. I thought I heard breathing like a dog. The thoughts about the wolfs being brought back to this area as of late kept us thinking all kinds of frightening ideas. Well the noise continue and after bringing out different lights and torches we discovered the culprit. A toad. Yep--the breathing was from a toad. Ok maybe there wasn't any breathing!

On Thursday, the kids made a 1 1/2 hour trip (one way) to see the opening show of the latest Pirates of the Caribbean. The arrived back home very late around 2 am. However everyone was up because another family had come for the weekend--that makes the total now 24 living in this cabin. The floor space was actually running sparse. But everyone loved it!

We left on Friday because we had other things to do for the weekend. The trip back was good. Lake Michigan was beautiful and though it was cold, Luke asked if we could stop so he could take a dip. We did, he dipped and it was fun!

Back home, it's back to cleaning and getting ready for Luke's graduation next week.