great lakes trip!

the great lakes trip was so fun, so long, and now.... it was so long ago. life is full of love and joy and stress and worry and plans and events, and all all all of those things have happened (and more) since we got back from our trip a full week ago. but! the trip! we had a family vacation and it was wonderful! our adventures took us from madison to door county, then north to the UP and marquette, along the southern shore of lake superior, back south to mackinac island in lake huron, and then across the bridge and west to the beautiful sandy west michigan, finally ending up in grand haven for some nana and papa time and a high school reunion. we have over a thousand pictures, over a hundred new freckles, and a ton of memories.

at the start of it all (right after a late night karaoke party....bad idea), we set out in a fully packed car, headed for door county. we stopped for some muffins and play time at a park in neenah,


and then headed north to the plum loco petting zoo.





we took a walk out to the cana point lighthouse, getting our toes wet on the mostly-underwater causeway,



and then had a bite to eat at the gordon lodge. which is an awesome place. our hotel was in sister bay, which is our favorite community in door county, and we played tennis and swam in pools and a had a perfectly riotous family time.

the next day, we explored some hiking trails and lighthouses at peninsula state park,
 


and hit up the crowd-pleasing sister bay bowl for wisconsin style supper club dinner and a sweet little 6 lane bowling alley in the bar. everyone wins.



in the morning, we had breakfast under a roof with goats and tried on some viking hats,
 


grabbed some cherries at a roadside stand,


and hit the road for the next stop: marquette, mi.