In mid-October, for Joseph's Fall Break, Dad travelled to Michigan so we could tour around the state together.
Starting in Ann Arbor on Friday night, we first drove west about two hours to the shores of Lake Michigan and stayed in Holland. The following morning we hiked to the top of Mount Pigsah, a 150-foot sand dune on the lake, and then drove north from there. We stopped about two hours north in Cadillac, a town where Joseph's great-great-grandfather was once the Postmaster. We saw the Post Office as well as the Gaffney family homestead! From there we continued north to Petoskey and then across the Mackinac Strait to the Upper Peninsula (barely), staying in Saint Ignace on Saturday night.
On Sunday morning we took the ferry to Mackinac Island, a beautiful vacation destination Dad and Mom had vacationed at a long, long 26 years ago! Joseph and Dad stayed at the same hotel and hiked around in the cold and a bit of rain. The following morning we took the ferry back to the mainland and drove back down I-75 practically the length of Michigan back to Ann Arbor. It was great to see the sites of the great state of Michigan!
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| At the bottom of Mount Pigsah ... |
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| ... and at the top of Mount Pigsah |
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| The Cadillac, Michigan Post Office, built in 1914, while Great-Great-Grandpa Gaffney was Postmaster |
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| At Arch Rock on Mackinac Island |
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| Fort at the top of Mackinac Island |
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| Joseph in front of Island House Hotel, roughly the same spot ... |
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... that this picture was taken at in 1991!
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