We spent the last week in Michigan on a vacation with the Scheers! Alex's grandparents had a party for their 50th wedding anniversary so we decided to make a vacation out of it! We rented a house on the river Alex and his family grew up on. We fly fished, canoed, tubed, and swatted a ton of bugs. We saw a lot of relatives and family friends and had a great time!!
The house
We drove to a canoe rental place, rented a couple canoes, and canoed back to the cabin! My white pants hint at the fact that I am not the best at outdoorsy stuff :)
Emily and Frank fly fishing
Alex tubing! A few days later, Alex, Emily and I embarked on a canoe trip to Alex's grandparent's cabin which by road, is only six miles away. Two and a half hours into our tubing adventure our butts were freezing, there was lightening in the sky, and we were completely over the river. Luckily, a couple who had kayaked by us earlier came to our rescue and offered to drive us home. They could have been kidnappers, yet we weighed the options and decided it was worth it!
The grandparent's cabin
Emily and Michele at the cabin
Me and Emily
Alex and I went to Traverse City for the Cherry Festival. We had lunch at a cute shop, bought some cherries, and ate tons of fudge!
Dave and Alex fly fishing up the river
Alex caught a fish!!
All the little cousins! Alex's Aunt Mary had to fly back to California to film another episode of iCarly so we got to watch her kids Abby and Nate.
At the grandparent's house in Cadillac
Birthday dinner!
Silly elk
Family of elk
Leaving Michigan
Now that we are back from our week at Cape Cod I have been enjoying reading all the blogs connected to the Regan Times blog -- I knew you went to Michigan this summer, but we didn't know you went to Traverse City and the Cherry Festival! Or that Alex grew up nearby or went there summers?? We have been to that part of Michigan multiple times as all of that is very much in our part of the country, of course. And I have an aunt and cousins in T.C., so we've been in Cadillac, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Frankfort, etc. I was just in T.C. in June for a long weekend visiting my family. Laura, apparently your white pants survived the bugs and mud! Keep posting! Love, Aunt Cindy
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