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Summer Vacation 2017

We started our vacation our vacation five days ago after our regular Thursday visit with my mom.  The first leg of the trip was to drive as far north as Gaylord.  We arrived in Gaylord close to 9:00pm.  We checked into the hotel and went next door to a restaurant and grabbed a snack.  We then went back to the room and settled in.

We took our time getting on the road Friday morning.  Our destination was Marquette and we decided to make a little detour.  Michelle had wanted to go to Petosky for a long time so we would stop there.  On the way we did a drive through Boyne Mountain.  I had not been to Boyne since I lasted raced there.  That has to be at least ten years.  It has grown and changed a lot in that time.

We reached Petosky and were trying to find a beach.  Michelle was on a quest to find Petosky stones.  We had never been to Petosky and I was very surprised at how big and busy it was.  It appeared that everything on the coast was private and developed.  We were heading out of town and toward Mackinaw City and decided to make one last try of finding a public beach.  That is when we stumbled upon this.
The trailhead had direct access to a beach.

On the beach Michelle and Brendan started their search. They did find Petosky stones as well as other stones.  It was worth the effort put into it.  
Wild Flowers on the beach.

Nice view of the Bay!

Our next stop would be St. Ignace and we were running short on time.  As we approached the Mighty Mac we could see a storm over St. Ignace.

The Mighty Mac.

The Storm.

We went to B. C. Pizza as is tradition.  It was after 3:00pm and we missed the pizza buffet.  We ordered pizza and enjoyed our meal.  The plan was to climb Castle Rock next, however the storm had a different idea.  So it was off to Marquette.

The drive to Marquette was long and we checked into our hotel after 7:00pm.  The next stop would be Lakeview Arena to pick up my Ore 2 Shore race packet and take part in the spaghetti feed.  Coming in this late made quick work of getting the packet.  We went over to the spaghetti feed and got the last plate of spaghetti.

We stopped and seen Raymond and his family and finalized our plans for race morning.  Then we returned to our hotel and turned in for the night.

Next, Race Day!

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