Have you ever felt like you needed a vacation when you get home from vacation? I am taking a day off tomorrow to get some stuff done around the apartment (Darin has a full day of class to keep him busy).
Our trip was jam-packed full of activities. On Saturday, we drove to the cabin we rented on Spider Lake. The cabin was cozy, comfortable, and about 90+ cement steps away from the actual lake front. Spider Lake is awesome. It's very remote and quiet, surrounded by woods. Saturday night, we drove to Odewa Casino in Petosky, where I lost thirty dollars, mostly on video poker.
Sunday, we spent most of the day exploring downtown Traverse City. The strip on Front Street is pretty standard tourist commerce, but not over the top. We ate delicious middle eastern food for lunch. The afternoon consisted of a drive up the Old Mission peninsula, visiting the lighthouse and stopping at Grand Chateaux Traverse for some wine tasting. We finished the day with pizza (and Oberon, for me) at a local joint right by our cabin.
Labor Day was devoted to Mackinac Island. I loved it! Such a great little vacation spot. I want so badly to stay for a whole weekend and go biking and horsebackriding around the island. We bought a crapton of fudge and did the whole carriage tour deal. They were selling bikes for way cheap! I wish I would have brought extra cash. After we left the island, we found a local family restaurant called Darrow's that had nothing vegetarian, but the homemade bread and coleslaw made it worth it.
Darin and I did our own thing Tuesday morning, stopping at local markets and food stands to acquire all the local fare: dried Traverse City cherries, real maple syrup, honeycrisp apples, North Peak summer ale, homemade all-natural dog treats, etc. We cooked in at the cabin that night and played some friendly family poker (I've come a long way since first learning, but I still lost).
It was most definitely a great trip, making me fall in love with Northern Michigan for the fourth or fifth time now.
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