Bay View Log

June 23
We packed up the van, and headed up to the Bay View/Petosky area, for a much-needed family respite. Grandpa and Grandma DeRoo lent us their Fern Hill cottage for the weekend, so of course we just had to go!

June 24
The first part of the day was spent in downtown Petosky, visiting some shops, and the Crooked Tree Art Center where Mr. Hosner has some paintings displayed for sale. We then drifted towards the park to hear some music. One of the guitarists palyed and sang a song called "Brother, Where Art Thou?" and had to put on a beard so we could all get the full effect.
Th afternoon was spent in the Bay enjoing the cold water!
After a dinner of homemade lasanga, it was "out oars" for Charlevoix! The evening was then complete, as we walked along the water eating chocolate-dipped ice cream cones!

June 25
On Friday we hopped in the car, and headed for Interlochen to visit our good frinds the Vineckis! We visited the History of Music Museum (very highly recommernded by the Marshall Clan Family Board) along the way, and enjoyed it immensely! There were all kinds of automated instruments in this museum, which specializes in these artifacts, such as player pianos, nickelodeons, victrolas, and a huge dance hall organ.
After spending a quick hour listening to all the instruments, we quickly got into the van and soon reached the Vinecki residence! Mrs. Vinecki served a delicious lunch, and they headed out to the Sleeping Bear Dunes with us in tow. The kids ran most of the way up and the adults (I consider myself an adult at this point) ascended in an adult fashion, which was more deliberate, and gave time to look at the view several times. We climbed up to where we were in sight of Lake Michigan, and rested for awhile before descending. The descent claimed only two adults ( I am not an adult at this point), everyone else trotted/ran. Papa and Mr, Vinecki, who had Nick on his shoulders were the fastest I think. We piled into the vehicles and visited some of the points along the paved trail, and then headed to a park. After climbing a STEEP dune, the kids split into baseball teams at the park, and the younger ones were entertained by Alice on the playground. Once home, an old record was pulled out and we were soon paired up with young'uns and commenced to dance in the livingroom! A dinner of pizza and sweet fellowship, was followed by a Mexican-polka presentation by Olivia and Julia, which was then followed by a video-taped Jewish dance, complete with kids in Jerusalem outfits! This... was... quite... a... busy... day....zzzzz

June 26
On Sunday we visited Jim Larsen's church, and then we came back to the cottage, did some cleaning, packed up, and headed home.
We are so grateful to have had a little time away together as a family!

-Alice
Correspondent for the Marshall Clan Travels