Jason, Connor & Jillian's Trip to the Upper Peninsula

Jason was invited to spend a long weekend at a bed & breakfast in Gulliver, MI.  It belongs to the in-laws of a guy he works with, so 4 families went there this weekend.  It is a beautiful home right on Lake Michigan in the UP.  Before they left the UP today, they went to The Mystery Spot and all 3 of them rode the zip lines.  He hasn't downloaded those pictures & videos from his camera yet.  They arrived at Waldenwoods this evening and will be spending the rest of the week with us.  :-)

 

Jillian at the beachfront

 

Connor at the beachfront

Connor & Jillian

Connor

Jillie in the water

Jillian

Connor

Lighthouse in the background

Jason, Connor & Jillian

Love this!

Love this, too!

Connor's photography...good job!

Connor showing something to Bigfoot

Jillian giving Bigfoot a drink

Jillian & friends in the Jacuzzi...oops...maybe a

little less soap next time!  :-)

Connor, Jason & Jillie at the top of the lighthouse

Connor & Jillian at the top of the lighthouse

Freighter on Lake Michigan

Jason's photography

Excellent job, Jason...the lighthouse at night...

taken from the bed & breakfast he was staying at.

Sunset on Lake Michigan

Jillian's Band Concert & Elementary School Graduation

Tonight was Jillian's Band Concert & Graduation.  It's so hard to believe that she will be in middle school & Connor will be in high school in the fall.  Where does the time go?

 

 

Jason & Micki...I haven't seen him so happy in...forever!

Jillian making the same face I make.  :-)

Jillian receiving her "diploma". 

Connor, our handsome grandson

Jillian with her clarinet

Grandpa & Connor

Jillian & Connor with their Aunt Kari at

Dairy Queen after the graduation

A Few Pics from the Weekend

Just a few pictures I "borrowed" from Jason...

 

 

Sunset at our campground in Shipshewana this weekend.

Another view of the sunset.

Connor with a calf at the zoo in Birch Run on

Memorial Day.

Jillian at the zoo in Birch Run.

We're "Home"!!!

After traveling 7,020 miles since we left Mesa, AZ on April 13th, we're at Lake Shore Resort in Davison.  Considering it's only 2,100 miles from here to Mesa, I would say we definitely took the scenic route on our way back.  It feels great to be back in Michigan!

Shipshewana, Indiana - Amish Country

We arrived in Shipshewana, IN on Friday afternoon.  George & Belinda arrived a short time later.  We had just finished dinner and were outside when Jason, Connor & Jillian walked into our campsite and surprised us.  That was the best surprise ever!!!  :-)  They are staying until tomorrow and we will leave on Tuesday for Davison, MI.  Last night we all went to dinner at Das Essenhaus...always a delicious meal!  Today Connor has requested his favorite...crockpot chicken & rice. 

 

 

Still wobbly...

Plowing the field Old Skool!

Huge horses!

A buggy in downtown Shipshewana

The shops at Das Essenhaus

The Foster Boys...Bailey & Teddy

Jillian sleeping with her hand on Connor

Jillian with Teddy

Jillian on the computer

Connor

Connor taking it easy

Keystone, SD Area

We were planning to go to the Rushmore Borglum Museum (Gutzon Borglum was the sculptor of Mount Rushmore) today, but when we arrived there was a sign on the door saying they were closed and would be open tomorrow at 8:30 a.m.  That would be fine if we weren't leaving in the morning.  When we were in Keystone Friday, the sign on the door indicated that they were open 7 days/week.  Grrrrrrrrrr!!!  So, we did some shopping in Keystone and when Bob was talking to a lady in the Iron Mountain Road Store, she told him about the Iron Mountain Road and said it's a beautiful drive.  The OLD Bob would have never considered it, but Alien Bob was all for it.  So, up the mountains we go (see last picture of his shirt).  We thought the road going up to Jerome, AZ was bad...it was nothing compared to this one.   We ended up at Custer State Park, which is famous for the buffalo roaming there.  Because of the weather, we didn't see any today.  That's fine...we've seen plenty of buffalo on this trip!  We had dinner at Ruby House Restaurant in Keystone and then took a new route back to our campground.  Although it was drizzling rain part of the day, we made the best of it.

 

 

Sculpture of Lincoln by Gutzon Borglum

 

A view from 16A - The Iron Mountain Road

One of 3 tunnels on this road

Entrance to Custer State Park

The State Game Lodge at Custer State Park...very

impressive for a state park lodge!

Mount Rushmore with stripes...it had stopped raining,

but they weren't completely dry.  It looks like they are

crying and their noses are running.  :-)

Mount Rushmore

Profile of George

 

Horse in Hill City made from junk

There's a lot of timber in this bridge/overpass

Bob's shirt showing he survived 16A.  Now he has

one for 89A (Jerome, AZ) and 16A.  :-)