If you're not to big on the whole reading thing, good news for you, today shall be mostly a picture/small updates post while I try to catch up!
Today was a day of travel! Awoke at the brisk hour of 6:30, packed up the last of our remaining stuff scattered about, said goodbye to my grandparents =( and hopped in the car for the joyful 8 hour drive from Des Plaines, IL, to Cheboygan, MI!
Said Drive
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Now we've done this just about every year of our lives, so we were for sure prepared. Spent the time listening to my stash of podcasts and new music, watching movies on the computer, sleeping that weird, uncomfortable position that puts your arm to sleep while you lean on it hahaha, and staring blankly out the window at the miles and miles of fields, trees, and complete lack of hills all around us. For as long as the drive is, it's a pretty nice one =) Here are some shots from the journey:
HUGE Quary dug in the middle of the flaat flat land in the drive
These signs were literally spaced every few miles or so. I guess fireworks are big here. That face still scares me.
The Road Ahead
Fast forward, and we're in Cheboygan! A smallish, homesy kinda town. The next big leg of our journey was to buy groceries. Not your normal shopping trip mind you, we're going to an island that has no grocery store so we need to take everything we're gonna need, with us. For 10 people. For 2 weeks. Thaaat, is alot of shopping! I shall spare you the details, but it was quite the task.
Next step: the ferry ride over to the island. We always make bets about how long exactly the ride will take (mine was 43 min.. it took 42 gaah!!)
Cheboygan Welcome
The Ferry!
Drawbridge Opening for Us
On the Ride
Once we made it to the island itself, we stopped to have some customary ice cream at Hawks Landing (the general store), then drove over to the west end of the island to the cabin! Some deer welcomed us on the way =)
Deer!
Unpacked toooons and tons of groceries, then finally, after more than 12 hours: We. Were. Here. We all collapsed onto the comfy couches and chairs, smiling.
Tonight was the last big night of the Persied Meteor shower too, and because the sky up here is the clearest I have ever seen anywhere ever, we spent the night staring up into the sky. SO WORTH IT! We saw at least 30 glowing hot meteors shoot across the sky. Couldn't really capture any of them on film though, sadly.
But I did get a shot of the milky way!
And Some Star Trails =)
Then, after an exhausting day, it was not at all hard to go to bed.. tomorrow is another day!
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