Color Tour!

Last Weekend we took advantage of the amazing summerlike weather by hiking up north on a color tour. We took off about 4 PM Friday afternoon and got to see lots and lots of color before the sun went down. It is so amazing and absoutely beautiful to see God's wonderful creation, especially this time of year! We were constantly ohhhing and ahhhhing about all the shades! The bright red trees are my favorite!

We arrived in Mackinaw City about 9 PM and found a really cool resturant called The Dixie Saloon to eat at. The restaurant was really neat!

After dinner we crossed the Mackinaw Bridge to St. Ignace and checked in to our hotel. It wasn't the Hilton by any means but the price was right! :)

Saturday morning we got up, grabbed some breakfast at the hotel, and drove about 45 minutes west to the GarLyn Zoo. My first impression was that it was kind of cheesy but after we started getting further into the outer zoo we got to see some pretty neat animals! Here are just a few of my favorites!

A Porcupine if you can't see.....

We stopped along side the highway to take a walk down to the lake.

Then we headed back to St. Ignace to catch a ride to the Island!

On the shuttle over......

Grand Hotel from the water......

There was a wedding taking place!

We took a hike up the hills to see some of the Island's "hot spots"

I really wanted to take a horse & buggy carriage ride but I figured I could use the excercise more and it was such a beautiful day!

The Fort

This is a picture out our window one morning. I got to give credit to the husband on this one! We had a room right on the main level so it was nice to be able to get right outside by the water!

Saturday night we met up with some friends of ours that were also up there for dinner. Sunday morning we packed up and started our trip home. We took many scenic routes home and tried to ride along the water as much as possible. It sure was amazing! We got to Charlevoix and they happened to be having a Apple Fest so we checked it out and grabbed some lunch for a little deli. We sure had a great weekend and couldn't have asked for a better weekend. Sure seems like the weather has decided to become "fall" since we got home which means many nights will be spent raking our yard so it was a nice time to get away before that all starts!

Hope everyone is enjoying the fall weather and gets a chance to take a ride and see the awesome colors we are so spoiled with in Michigan!