Run and do!

The last weekend in September Russ and I took

off for the U.P. to meet up with 3 other couples.

As we traveled we got a call from Michelle and Mark.

They were enroute to Houghton Lake to get

their new boat settled into the cottage.

They hired a retired man with a big trailer

to come from Houghton Lake to Port Huron

to transport the boat. We ran into them at

a Wendy's along I-69.

This is their new boat.

After a quick bite to eat we continued on to the U.P.

When we got into Mackinaw City the temperature

dropped from 82 to 52 and the fog was

so thick you couldn't see past 20 feet in front

of you. We missed the beautiful scenery of going

over the bridge - but when we returned it was beautiful and sunny!

This picture was taken by the Tahquanemonon Falls.
We had hiked about a mile and then climbed up and down
tons of steep stairs - and surprise of all, I could
still breathe!! haha



One of the partners of each of the couples that
we met went to elementary school with Russ.
This is Russ, Pam and Leonard.
Melodye didn't make it down the last set of stairs.

We had a great time visiting and seeing beautiful

scenery. On the way back to the bridge a very

pretty Michigan State trooper decided to stop

and talk to Russ. She was so nice to give him

a warning to slow down - and not to give

us a hard time since we didn't have a current

registration! He made the comment later that

it was a good thing we were in a mini-van and not

in the Spitfire. We would have probably been given

a ticket for that one! lol By the way - no he

was not going that fast!

We visited the Petoskey area on the way home. The most

beautiful colors of the trip were between the

bridge and Petoskey. Love that area!

Always good to go - and always good to get home too!