Another cruisy late start to today for the other two but I woke early and caught the tail end of the Sunrise over the lake. The Kiwis played Argentina today in the World Cup. I watched it on the iPad, it was a bit shaky for a time there but we won in the end :-) a good start to the tournament. Once it was over we went to Tal's local LFS which was pretty good and then onto the Renaissance Fair. The traffic queuing to get into the parking lots was insane but we g...

We all slept late and I cooked breakfast for the three of us. There's been a little light rain, temps around 18C and lots of dark clouds. Josh came over about 1.30 and we set off for a pet store Tal thought we'd enjoy. It was a little over an hours drive away In Lansing. It's a huge store with a good sizes marine section as well as fresh water, reptiles, birds, fluffy pets etc The marine area was pretty good, lots of corals. Tal arranged for the owner to give ...

We got up about 8am and went downstairs. Sanjay got us some bagels and cream cheese and under instruction from Elena made us some coffee. Elena left for her meeting and the rest of us left shortly after, Sanjay to get to his meeting and us to explore the area a little before hitting the road. We checked out most of the places they showed us last night so we could get some pics in daylight. It's still huge by day lol Much of the park areas have been set up as car...

The plan today was to head over to Mackinac Island. It's again freezing cold, 14C but feels even colder due to the wind. We went down to the port but decided to go to the museum of the local Indian tribe, the Ojibwas. It was pretty interesting with a lot of genuine, found on the site, artefacts. From there we returned to the port where the ferries go from but it was still miserable and starting to drizzle, just for a change. As bad as it was there we figured it...

Aug 24 Just for a change its been drizzly and grey today. Despite still being summer it only got to a chilly 13C. Here and there some trees are convinced it's autumn as their colours change. We went for a drive and checked out the Hiawatha Forest and drove all along the top end of Lake Huron. We found a road side stall and bought some very fresh blueberries and corn on the cob. Lunch was by Lake Huron at a small park. The lakes beaches are very sandy and it b...