Report on recent Thanksgiving week trip.

[Tom at BV]

LadyD,

That house is in Bay View & one of my favorites. I understand it was a catalog kit house sold by Sears Roebuck back in the early days. You purchased the kit and built the house yourself. Why can't they do that today???

T
BTW: I was just reading this post & looked out the window. A hawk was hunting for his dinner. You never know when your time is up little rabbit.
What a beautiful bird

 

[tistheseason]

Tom - how nice of you to post morning shots. When I'm down there I always intend to get up early and head down to the beach -- but I rarely make it. Your photos are a nice reminder of why I should!

And the flowers from the wedding are BEAUTIFUL!

thanks for your report!

 

[Paula]

Tom: Thanks for the tour of "up north" in Michigan. We've been to the area with the big sand dunes, but haven't spent much time up north because we spend all of our vacations visiting family around the country or going to SoWal. And summers in Ann Arbor are very nice (quiet because students have left town for the summer, easy to walk everywhere, and lots to do or nothing to do, whatever you prefer!). But someday I'd love to go up north more often -- people say Camp Michigania is a great way to spend the week for families, but we haven't done it yet. Too many wonderful places to go!

 

[Tom at BV]

Hi again Paula,

Just want to say, stay away from Northern MI in the winter unless you like cold Northern Canada winds blowing across the water that makes you curse our Canada friends. I just got back last night from checking our Petoskey condo for frozen pipes, etc. Everything was ok and on the drive from Petoskey to Cadillac (Hwy#131) I had to follow a snow plow so I could see the road. The winds blow off the lake with lake effect winter snow & you can't see for the white outs. It's fun, but all the while I was thinking about the white sands of Blue Mtn. beach. Here's a picture of white snow (not white sand) when I started out. Lake MI (Petoskey bay)is not frozen over yet, but soon will be. It was 14 degree's when I left P-town. Can't wait to be back in sunny SoWall & look at white sand.

T

 

[Paula]

Hi T: Great photo. You're right about the cold. If it's this cold in Southeastern Michigan, it must be pretty bitter up north -- but gorgeous. We bought in SoWal because we wanted to get away from the cold and, so far so good! We figured summers in Michigan and fall/winter/maybe spring in SoWal would be about as good as it gets (August is a great month, too, because it's quiet and the pool and ocean are nice and warm). But we'll have to start coming up to northern Michigan in the summer to really round out the good life!

 

[Allifunn]

Grayt pictures, Tom!!!! :clap_1: Thank you for posting and sharing!