June 24 to July 5 -- Traverse City

After visiting with Dana and Kathy, we chose not to move from Traverse Bay RV Resort. This, of course, fits our normal pattern. We find a place we like (and we have a very wide range of "like") and then we just stay there! We engaged in a number of fun activities and just normal living. We revisited some of the areas we had toured with Dana, such as Grass River and Seven Bridges. The most fun place that became a regular stop for us is a park where there were two families of swans! What a joy see them so many times and watching the cygnets get so big.

One of the special events was the Celtic Festival in Fife Lake. We spent most of our time with the athletes tossing the caber, tossing the hammer, and other classic events.





We also attended local summer festivals: Alden has an event called the Stroll on Thursday nights. We listened to live music, once we ate ice cream and watched the sun set another time. Elk Rapids celebrates Wednesday nights with live music, street entertainers, and food booths. We stopped there twice as well.

The Turtle Creek Casino, located just two miles from our RV resort, saw a lot of visits from us. We were breaking even on betting (with several impressive wins) and it was the closest place to get a quick meal. Another casino in Petosky, a ways north of Traverse City, drew us to it three times, two of those times on Wednesdays which was Senior Appreciation Days. Who are we to prevent the casino from appreciating us?


We took pleasure rides around the area including out Old Mission Peninsula.

This is the interior of the cabin.

We took a trip back over to Point Betsie Lighthouse and Glen Haven that we had visited during the Elderhostel.