Welcome.....
To my world of the weird, the strange, the unexplained.........
no, I'm just kidding, this is a happy place......OK, maybe I am just a little weird.
We went off on an adventure today, any of you ever been to Moonshine,
Illinois? Population 2? This is a very old general store, and is very
popular with bikers, it was awesome to see all of the old items
throughout the store. We had a moon burger for lunch and sat outside at
the picnic tables, which is the only place to sit...lol...a gorgeous
day, cool under the trees. What a hamburger they fix there...huge and
delicious! You order from the ladies that are at the grill, they call
your name, you get your burgers, you put on your own condiments , you
get you own, chips, soda, napkins, and pay...that's it...the place was
packed! They close promptly at 12:30, so get there between 6 a.m. and
12:30 p.m. There's more...but here are the pix from the Moonshine store,
which is actually the only building in Moonshine.
Went to a baby shower today, had such a good time! Got to chat with
people I hadn't seen in a while. The cakes were just darling. They
baby's name is going to be Timber, isn't that the most awesome name?
Grandpa's name is Timberly (which I didn't know until today, because I
always knew him as Ted) and Lydia and her husband love to hunt and be
outdoors, so double reasons for such a perfect name for their baby girl
that is due in October. It was a beautiful day too, I hope you all
enjoyed your
Sunday.
We started our day by touring a steamship THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, which
was moored in Manistee, MI., we got to see the entire ship and had an
interesting tour guide as well. Bill was just thrilled with the engine
room, especially. The ship used to carry railcars across Lake Michigan
for over 50 years, passengers could ride as well, the accommodations
were beautifully designed with wood and brass.
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| Bill got to operate the steam whistle. |
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| The
common room in the ship where passengers would gather during their
travels, you can actually stay there during the weekends in one of the
state rooms, which are really small, but elegant. — at Lake Michigan - Manistee MI. |
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| Our tour guide |
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| The ship THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE moored at Manistee, MI |
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| The coast guard ship, Acacia |
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| White Lake lighthouse |
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| The view from the top of White Lake lighthouse |
We also toured a Coast Guard ship that is permanently moored there too, very
informative and interesting. It was really foggy, as you can see by
the picture. After we left there we traveled to White Lake Lighthouse, a
beautiful stone structure, with an awesome museum too. There was even a
life preserver from the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. There were only
40 stairs to the top of this lighthouse...piece of cake...lol. We ate
at a fabulous restaurant, where we sat outside and ate on the porch and
watched the boats on the White river, the Harbor View Grill, just
wonderful food. We are at the Comfort Inn in Whitehall, I took a nice
long swim in the heated pool for an hour of so, what a great way to end
the day. Starting home tomorrow, to avoid all of the Labor Day traffic.
We traveled to the most northern point of the west side of Michigan
today, North Port. We drive until we ran out of land...lol.. We visited
a couple of museums and some more lighthouses. The Mariner's Museum in
New Arbor and adjoining buildings was very interesting. The first
lighthouse was closed but I got some good shots of it, along with the
water that was turquoise, so pretty! The second lighthouse was built
right into the top of the lighthouse keeper's home. We still
had to climb the spiral staircase, and up two ladders, a storm was
coming in over the lake, so the view was pretty misty from the top of
the lighthouse. Anyway, is was a very educational day, but I won't bore
you with museum photos, except for these few. It rained on us, but we
took pictures anyway.
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| Betsie Point Lighthouse |
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| Beach area at Betsie Point lighthouse |
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| An old general store at the Mariner's museum |
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| Captain Bill |
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| Grand Traverse Lighthouse |
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| View from the top of Great Traverse lighthouse |
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| View of the other side. |
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| Just me sitting in the rain. |
Going to do some shopping tomorrow, so many produce stands around here, can't pass that up.. I hope you all had a great day!
Sunday.
