We left Traverse City in the morning in a cold drizzle. It rained on and off until we got to the bridge. I was thinking we'd have to forgo our usual picnic lunch and actually stop inside somewhere to eat. On the UP side of the bridge it started to clear a little and it was warming up quite nicely. By the time we got to Manistique around lunch time it was dry and warm enough to go ahead with the picnic! We have a routine now: we stop at the grocery store, use the bathroom and pick up some basic fresh food then go across the road to the town park to eat and run off some energy. I will miss this stop on our winter drives! There are always new rock towers on the shoreline, the sky and waves are always different.
We crossed over into Wisconsin and as we started west on Hwy 70 the temperature started to drop quickly and the skies turned gray again. By the time we reached the cabin it was cold and very, very windy. That wind continued almost the whole weekend.
We took the dog for walks and the kids did some playing and raking on the road side of the cabin but we did not spend much time on the lake side and didn't do a whole lot of playing outside Thurs, Fri or Sat. It snowed and sprinkled on and off those days too but mostly it was the wind that kept us inside.
We had a wonderful family party/baby shower on Saturday with some of my cousins that I don't get to see very often. I didn't bring my camera. I wanted to just be there and enjoy visiting with everyone.
Sunday dawned dry, less windy, with patches of blue sky! We took the opportunity to go hiking at Schlecht Lake. We found tons of wintergreen berries which Maya loved.
We watched part of the Packer game with family and then started our drive down to Green Bay to meet Ben.
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