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Vacation Wrap Up

 
I had hoped to post up a short hightlight video of the Shore Rock and Junior Rock races.  Unfortunately I keep getting an error when trying to post, so there will be no video.
 
 
I will just talk about our trip home.  We left Marquette around 12pm and headed out.  We got to Johnny Dog's in Munising for lunch and they were closed for a catering event. So we went down the street and ate at the Dogpatch.  Decent burger special that came with the salad bar, otherwise overpriced.  Service left something to be desired.
 
We got back on the road and our next stop would be the Garlyn Zoo. The boys really enjoyed this stop.
 
I always suspected Brendan had horns?
 
Peacocks were roaming everywhere!
 
Porcupine behind!
 
Mountain Lion was for sale in the Gift Shop.
 

 
We left the zoo and were on the road again.  At this point it was well after 5pm.  We stopped in Gaylord and ate at Applebee's.  Got coffee and treats at Starbucks and filled the gas tank again.  We were then on the last leg of our trip.  It was actually a very good day of travel.  The kids were on their best behavior of the trip also.  We ended up rolling into the garage around 11pm.  A long day and happy to be home.
 
 

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