After a whirlwind day of packing & moving from our apartment in Chicago, we spent our first full week of fun-employment in my home state, Michigan. Some of the highlights include:
- Giving Erin a tour of the dense urban environs (this is in fact sarcasm) of the town where I did most of my primary schooling
- Participating in “Be a Tourist In Your Own Town” and exploring East Lansing / MSU’s campus
- Climbing the sand dunes at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and hiking around
- Camping at Sleeping Bear at a spot where Lake Michigan was steps away (apparently we got the most coveted camping spot in all of the park according to the park ranger)
- Taking in the sunset over Lake Michigan from the dunes
- Exploring downtown Traverse City and imbibing good beers and cider from local establishments
- Hanging out with the family
- And relaxing and doing absolutely nothing productive, save for the strenuous marathon of “The Wire” on Amazon Instant Video that I partook in
Below are a few of the pictures we took from the past week:
Stopping by the MSU Dairy Store for some frozen treats
Me looking doofy on the mean streets of my hometown
View of Lake Michigan from our campsite
Flight of beers from North Peak Brewery in downtown Traverse City
Flight of 10 hard apple ciders at Northern Natural Cider House
A meadow we passed through on one of our hikes
View of Lake Michigan from the dunes
Watching the sunset over Lake Michigan
All in all, it was a great way to spend our first full week of freedom. Next up on the docket is the road trip to Erin’s home state of South Dakota, with some pit stops in Iowa and Nebraska.