I love traveling with this group. There is no hurry up and let’s go with them. We sleep ‘til we wake up and leisurely eat breakfast and get ready for the day. It’s very relaxing.
Denene got a very nice room to stay in at the Ramada. The door says VIP whirlpool. It has one especially interesting feature. See if you can figure it out from the picture below.
The whirlpool/shower is open on 2 sides. Now that may be great for a couple on a romantic weekend get away, but for 3 middle aged women, a teenage girl and her 10 year old brother it’s just not right. We’ve managed to survive by also using the public bathroom down the hall. There is such a thing as too much information, so I will move on.
We went to the White River Light Station Great Lakes Maritime Museum. It’s an old lighthouse that is now a museum.
I love the stone work on this building.
The spiral stairway was narrow and steep.
There’s also not a lot of room at the top either.
Since we were so close to the beach we decided to hang out there for awhile.
No need for shoes and socks at the beach.
The Robinson’s aren’t too sure about the cold lake water.
Everybody finally gets their feet wet.
Such a good sport . . . Sarah puts up with my picture taking the best.
They sure do love to fish here in Michigan. We saw a bunch of decked out fishing boats.
After hanging out at the beach it was time to eat.
Even the seagulls like this place. Can you see them sitting on top of the sign?
At the Dogs and Suds there was an old Superman style phonebooth. Naturally we had to try and cram everyone in it.
Got everybody in but . . .
it doesn’t count ‘til the door closes. Never could close the door, so no record broke today.
Next we stopped at the giant weathervane that hovers over a grocery store. I have no information about this thing, except I think it looks cool.
After a short trip to the grocery store we went to the hotel to let the kids swim in the pool. I have no pictures of children frolicking in the water because . . . well doggone it I was in the room taking a nap. Taking pictures and chronicling a trip makes a girl tired. The children had plenty of adult supervision. They were monitored by the Williams sisters, Esther and the lesser known sister, Splash. Actually it was the Robinson sisters, Denise and Denene, watching over the kids. Let me tell you, you have never met two more nonswimmers in your life. Thankfully no one sunk.
Once again we headed to Denene’s for a tasty supper. Mike grilled hamburgers and the kids roasted hot dogs on the fire. It was delicious.
I was tired to taking pictures so I gave Sarah my camera and put her in charge of getting shots of the event. Once I checked my day’s pictures I noticed that there are no pictures of the dinner activities. Now Sarah insists she took pictures, and I believe her, but there’re still no pictures on my camera. The best I can figure out is that she did not push the button all the way down. Needless to say we will be having some remedial button pushing classes for Sarah.
On a very sad note, during the evening Deanna found out that her young nephew passed away. He has been ill for quite some time. We will be leaving Michigan tomorrow (Friday) so that she can be in Arkansas for the funeral on Monday. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family.
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