mandag den 3. juli 2017

Surprised by Petoskey

Monday we decided to head northeast and go to Petoskey. We knew nothing about Petoskey except the chance to find Petoskey stones. Well, it definitely surprised us. It is SO nice here!
First we drove to the beach in the state park, where we ignored the "no animals allowed in the park" sign (we have yet to find a place in Michigan like this where people do not sneak dogs in anyways.....) and went hunting for Petoskey stones:
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We managed (or Teresa managed to) find one and one only:
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The beach was quite cold and windy so we headed back down to a diner we spotted in the way north: The Bob-in Again. Very 1950s with Elvis playing loud. And quite colorful:
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They served frozen custard sundays and needless to say the kids could hardly finish their icecreams. Kristian and I were VERY healthy and responsible and only ordered coffee (and only fought a little bit about who got to eat the remnants of Luca's icecream).
A final stop before heading back was Maple Moon Winery, where they make...... maple wine, duh.
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We got to taste a few of the different ones and bought a couple of bottles before taking a stroll through the maple plantation. A whole forest of maple trees only:
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All wired up from the spring tapping:
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The back country up here is breathtaking and I do hope we will be back some other time. Now we are heading back to the crazy chipmunks for one final night of bonfire, tent sleeping and maybe a little swimming in the lake.
Cheers

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