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Mackinaw City 2008
This would be our last year of arriving at Mackinaw city before Memorial Day because James will be in kindergarten this time next year so we wanted to make the best of it. After this, we will be sharing our little vacation haven with the rest of the world that cannot come up early due to their kids being in school.
There was an early morning fog that made the bridge and the straits look awesome, as if the bridge slowly fades into the clouds.
James likes nothing better than to skip rocks into the Lake with the huge super structure in the background. He also enjoys the playgrounds and getting things at the store of course, but for sure his favorite is throwing the rocks into the lake. I guess its his own tradition.
Weird Michigan Museum 2008
This is another of those little tourist traps that you love to stop at, this is located in St Ignace Michigan close to the deer ranch.
It is basically a wax museum but it is based on Michigan lore and stories that I had never heard of before. We tried to get as many pics of the descriptions as we could so that the pictures would make some sense. Werewolves, bearded baseball teams, people getting murdered with wooden legs, melon heads, etc… How could we resist.
James enjoyed the visit as well, running from scene to scene and trying to figure out what the purpose was.
St Ignace Deer Ranch 2008
James loves to feed the deers and whenever we can take him to a petting zoo or ranch we take advantage of the opportunity. This deer ranch specializes in albino deers as well as the standard deers we have all come to know and love. They sell crackers that you can feed the animals and James used up all his crackers in about 15 minutes. A great experience for James and I am sure the deers enjoyed it as well, getting all those crackers from James.
For those who do not know, St Ignace is the city on the other side of the bridge in reference to Mackinaw City. St Ignace is in the upper peninsula and Mackinaw City is in the lower peninsula.
Easter 2008
We welcomed back a couple “pretty birds” since the first pretty bird died this year, a new pet is always a fun item to add to our Easter day. And yes, that is a guillotine in the picture, doesn’t everyone have one of these? Its actually a magic trick but we still need a place to store it till Halloween.
We brought out the Huggum dolls for the event as well, they always add a little flavor to the atmosphere. The ball with a tail on it is a toy. We placed it in the cart to contain it as it was rolling all over the house and the kitty’s did not like it.
Another wonderful Easter for James and thanks to all the relatives who sent him presents. Easter has really become an event in the household.
Nottawa Farms Petting Zoo 2008
We were working on a magic site and had to attend a magic auction/flea market in Colon so that we could take pictures (the pictures are pretty much to promote the next year one so that we can show what a good time it is at the flea market and auction).
We promised James that if he was good we would take him to the petting zoo which was about 15 minutes away. James was very good and we went to Nottawa Farms which is a combination greenhouse, nursery, playground, and petting zoo. James had fun then we returned back to the magic auction where James was able to played in the playground there.
Cold Water Car Show 2008
We already had a pretty full day today, beginning with the magic flea market in Colon, and then the the petting zoo, but on the way home we stopped for a few hours at the Cold Water Car Show. Mary spent most of the time looking at the hundreds of classic cars that were lined up outside while James and I searched around the flea market part of the show. Obviously Mary had the camera and she did a great job getting shots of all the classic cars for the website.
I think the only picture we got of James was the one here with his dad in front of the spider grill car, the rest of the nearly 200 pics are of cars.
Christmas 2007
Most of the snow had been washed away with a rain, so we replaced the snowman who had melted with a Tony Stewart race car inflatable decoration which we got on Ebay at the last minute. You have to use your imagination a little bit since we now have all the Rudolph characters on the lawn with a racing car.
Lots and lots of presents waiting for James this day, thanks to all the relatives who helped make this day possible. I don’t think James didn’t like anything, he even liked the toothbrush Mom and Dad got him.
So we did have a semi white Christmas after all, just not as white as I remember them as a kid.
Bronners on Christmas Eve Eve 2007
We try to get to Bronners at least once a year, usually when we are coming back from a trip to Mackinaw or around Christmas time. Bronners is the largest Christmas store in the world and Frankenmuth is well known for its hospitality as a resort town. A trip to Frankenmuth during the Christmas season is well worth while and you will be shocked by all the decorations and how well lit up the city is.
Frankenmuth also has one of the last covered wooden bridges in Michigan that you can either walk through or drive a car through (if you ever saw the movie Beetlejuice it looks sort of like that, only longer).
A White Christmas In 2007
This year we were hoping for a white Christmas and it looked like we were going to get a really white Christmas. We got hammered with snow on December 17th, my birthday no less. James had to help shovel the snow because there was so much, and afterward we put together a snowman from a kit his Aunt Peg had gotten him a while bit. They kit came with everything except the snow, and mother nature provided plenty of that.
This would be James first snowman, and we had a ball putting him together. He lasted for about a week until a rain washed away most of the snow right before Christmas. The house really looked good with the now and the decorations, especially at night.
Nascar Race MIS 2007
We had never been to a Nascar race before, so we bought 3 tickets to the Sunday race at MIS. We drove out there but unfortunately it was raining and the race was cancelled, so we drove back home. The next day I took off from work and the 3 of us drove out to MIS and once again the race was cancelled due to rain so we drove back home.
I was slowly becoming an expert at driving to MIS, yet have never seen a race. finally on the third day, after a fog delay, the race was finally ran. Check out the pics of Jeff Gordon spun out in the mud and the crew having to push him out. Those are Mary’s favorites.
Some of the pics may look blurry, but its actually fog. These were 3 really rotten days for a Michigan August. After the race we stopped at a bar in Clinton the people behind us owned. We got a free dinner and brew/pop. Turned out to be a great day. The race was won by Kurt Busch.
