Traverse City in photos

I spent a long weekend last weeked in Traverse City, Mich. If you’re in the Midwest within driving distance, I hugely recommend TC as a weekend getaway! This is why:

• Super clear water.
• Beaches.
• Wineries.
• Sail boats.
• Beaches.
• Adorbs downtown.
• Cherries, cherries everywhere.
• Beaches.

I really liked the beaches. We hit up a different one every day. After breakfast Friday  morning, we were on one before anyone else. This is what I saw in front of me:

And to my right (say hi to Jeff!):

To my left:

And behind me:

That evening, we took a trip up the Mission Peninsula, which has more than half a dozen wineries up it as you move toward the tip. After winery No. 3, it was no longer smart to drive, so we grabbed some food before we made it to the very tip of the peninsula, where we could wave to Canada. I’m messy-haired and sweaty, but I still adore this photo:

Day 2, we took a trip to the Sleeping Bear Dunes. There was a big dune.

This is what Jeff thought about it:

My thoughts were different. (Why the frick did my flash go off?)

And then went to the beach. (He’s reading “Dune.” That’s Stephen King’s “The Eyes of the Dragon” on my blanket.)

 

I don’t know who those people are, but I heart their umbrella.

And then munched on beer and pizza at the only eating establishment in about a 30-mile radius — the greatest biker bar known to man. We could NOT find any trails … so we went to a different beach. I have to say: Being a lil drunky at 4 p.m. and in the middle of perfectly temperature’d Lake Michigan is on the short list of Life’s Greatest Pleasures.

On the slightly larger list is seeing a little fish in the water staring at the polka dots on my bathing suit. I think he was trying to figure out how to eat one of the dots. Jeff and I named him Bob. The fish. Heh. I crack me up.

This was where Bob was swimming. He has a good life:

We headed out the next day, but a little later than we thought because the early sailboat ride was cancelled. So we had a few hours to kill. We ate these:

And I bought these (those are my feet today. I was ecstatic I happened to have a dress to so awesomely match my absurd yellow elf shoes):

And then, to cap the whole trip? Some of this:

We sat across from this adorable family: Grandma, her daughter, daughter’s hubby and their two kids. As we set off, the little girl — about 5 — says: “Oar we on oth?” Translation: “Are we on earth?”

Say it with me now: Awwww.