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Vacation 2012 Day 2

We left the suite in the early afternoon and decided to have lunch out.  So Applebee's in Alpena was our lunch stop.  After that we went to the Besser Museum in Alpena.
Fossil Park was our destination.

Brendan made another friend and found several fossils.
You will be able to see him on the museums Facebook page.


The museum was very nice and the staff was wonderful.  The lady in the picture is from San Diego and she was out visiting her son.  She is 81 years old and majored in Archeology, her name is Barb.  She has done some digs in South America and gave all of us an education today.

From the museum we went to Starlight Beach.  The beach was nice, however Lake Huron today left something to be desired.  We then went to Dairy Queen for a treat. 

We then headed back to the resort for some elk viewing.  I came across this area on my bike ride this morning.  We were in for a treat.  These animals are incredible.
I saw this bull in the morning also.


A small bull has his attention on the other side of the fence.

He move closer.

And closer.

I got this little bulls attention as we were leaving.
He was very interested in me and posed magnificently.

The elk were one of the reasons I wanted to come here and they did not disappoint.  So we then retreated to the suite for nachos and to settle in for the night.  I think we will be watching RV starring Robin Williams tonight.  Big plans for tomorrow which is our last day here.  See you then.

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