Now, as part of the attempt to catch up on a busy week of activities, here is an update on Mark and Kate’s visit.
As you can see from the attached photos, Lily is a beautiful 5 and ¾ year old; Caroline is almost two and always busy; and everyone had a good time in the pool in Frankfort. Mark is not shown in the pictures, but he was here and added to the general fun.
Mark’s Mom managed the girls most of the time while they were in Midland for Kate’s high school reunion, which was a big success. But we saw everyone lots of times and had fun with yet one more Midwest get-together. Kate and Mark flew back to Seattle on Thursday; we have been using the time since then to provision the boat and get ready for the trip to the North Channel.
Yesterday we drove the 100 miles to Charlevoix to attend the annual Venetian Festival. That is essentially a blowout summer week of entertainment in the bandshell, sidewalk sales in town and a lot of parties by all. The fun is capped off by Saturday’s events, which we attended. A street carnival was set up on streets blocked off and vacant lots. Rides (ferris wheel, hammer, carousel, bumper cars, etc), games of chance, sno-cones and elephant ears to eat, and general hoopla were followed by spectacular fireworks and a lighted boat parade after dark. We ate dinner at our favorite restaurant (delicious whitefish) and ran into the guy who took my place as manager of real estate for Dow (he loves the job), and all in all had a great day.
Tomorrow we start north, so onward we go for the summer. Hope to blog in a more timely fashion, but frequently we have lousy computer and phone connections in Canada, so we shall see. Cheers.
As you can see from the attached photos, Lily is a beautiful 5 and ¾ year old; Caroline is almost two and always busy; and everyone had a good time in the pool in Frankfort. Mark is not shown in the pictures, but he was here and added to the general fun.
Mark’s Mom managed the girls most of the time while they were in Midland for Kate’s high school reunion, which was a big success. But we saw everyone lots of times and had fun with yet one more Midwest get-together. Kate and Mark flew back to Seattle on Thursday; we have been using the time since then to provision the boat and get ready for the trip to the North Channel.
Yesterday we drove the 100 miles to Charlevoix to attend the annual Venetian Festival. That is essentially a blowout summer week of entertainment in the bandshell, sidewalk sales in town and a lot of parties by all. The fun is capped off by Saturday’s events, which we attended. A street carnival was set up on streets blocked off and vacant lots. Rides (ferris wheel, hammer, carousel, bumper cars, etc), games of chance, sno-cones and elephant ears to eat, and general hoopla were followed by spectacular fireworks and a lighted boat parade after dark. We ate dinner at our favorite restaurant (delicious whitefish) and ran into the guy who took my place as manager of real estate for Dow (he loves the job), and all in all had a great day.
Tomorrow we start north, so onward we go for the summer. Hope to blog in a more timely fashion, but frequently we have lousy computer and phone connections in Canada, so we shall see. Cheers.
1 comment:
Your Grand daughters are adorable. I bet that little one is a hand ful. She looks like she enjoys life - sort of like her Grandma. Glad you are having such a good time. Have a safe trip North.
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