Monday, June 5, 2017

Silver Lake: Our Trip with the Ronas Family

June 1-4, 2017

The Ronas' have been so much fun to hang around, as we've learned in the past year. We were able to schedule a trip up to Silver Lake via Airbnb this past weekend and we had a blast. Though the cabin we rented wasn't ideal and was kind of crummy, the location was great and we got to do tons of great things (despite a couple tricky weather situations... rain in the morning on Saturday and crazy gust of wind as the storms blew in on Saturday night!). Here are the highlights!

Day One: Arrived at the cabin in the afternoon, got unpacked and got to relax a little bit before our weekend of adventures.

^Our cabin was full of energy (and quite a few spiders!) the whole weekend!

^The dock at our cabin.




^The loft and stairs were NOT made for adults (like Giant Mike here)


^Our first group walk!


^Julie, you are the silliest, cutest girl I know!
Day Two: We spent the day exploring and enjoying the absolutely beautiful weather. Silver Lake is kind of a unknown gem of a place! We went to the Lavender Labyrinth to see the flowers and then were able to take a dune ride at Mac Woods. Such fun!


^Packed all our essentials in Julie's backpack so she would carry it for me ;)

^Lavender Labyrinth at Cherry Point Market and Farm was pretty cool (even though the lavender wasn't out yet)





^Julie got hit by the sprinkler and got SOAKED!





^Decided to take her shirt off so it could dry a little ;)

^Donuts for us!


^Someone did NOT want to take a nap on Saturday!

^Mac Woods Dune Ride!!!

^Lake Michigan.



^The whole crew on our stop at Lake Michigan. I feel like this ride was the highlight of our trip!



^Ice cream!!!

Day Three: It rained a bit in the morning but thankfully it was short lived. We stopped at the Little Sable Point Lighthouse, The Fox Barn winery and then had lunch in Hart. After that, we enjoyed some time at the cabin and almost got blows away at the bonfire (took us three nights to manage it since the kids wouldn't go to sleep!) but it was a good finish to the trip.

^Jules got to sleep with us twice. She's not the best bed mate.



^Raincoat hug.

^Little Sable Point Lighthouse.

^Got a history lesson about the lighthouse before our next stop.

^Walking down to the state park beach.

^Lu got her first little dip in the lake (even if it was just her toes).


^Getting four kids to look for a photo is near impossible.

^I got lots of cuddles at the beach.



^One more walk!

Day Four: We had to hit the road pretty early but everyone got to hang out a little more. And us big kids got to go for a ride in the dunes when our neighbor offered to take us! Thanks Brian! What a fun trip.

^Happy little friends.

^Dune ride!

^Bye bye, Persnickety. 

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