30 it UP

You know when you’ve just had enough of the same old vacations you take every year?  I know I was.  Back in 2018, some friends and I went wine tasting in Traverse City.  We did the Old Mission Peninsula and had a blast.  We hit about 7 wineries and experienced something new.  After, we were all buzzing about how we needed to do this again and maybe in the summer for one friend’s fortieth birthday.  However, she turned forty in 2020 right in the middle of the pandemic and consequential shutdown. This year we decided to go.  After some research, we decided to do the Old Mission Peninsula again.  As fate would have it, the weekend we wanted to go, all lodging options were full.  We then decide that staying in Petoskey was an option.  Once we secured a room, we changed our minds and thought we should try something new.  See, because one of our group is from Canada and just had a baby this year, she was unable to go.  The other gal ...

Every year in a small town nestled in Michigan's Upper Peninsula there is an event that happens.  Munising Michigan is home to the Pictured Rocks boat tours and every year in early June if your driver's license says you live in an Upper Peninsula county, you get a free ride.  I first learned about this almost 5 years ago.  I mean I've live my whole life in this beautiful peninsula, how could I not know about this! I had never been to the Pictured Rocks before this.  It was a new, exciting, outdoor adventure for me.  I quickly called my friend and we decided to go.  Now the key to doing something like this is you need to show up early.  Munising is about 2 hours away from where I live so in order to get on a boat, we left at 6am.  We made a day of it.  Not only is it Yoopers Cruise Free (this year June 8th-9th, 2019), they have vendors and music.  They call this festival Pictured Rocks Days.  Check out this year's details at  ...