Sleeping Bear

With a few days remaining before fellowship, we crammed in a trip to the northwest corner of the state - Sleeping Bear dunes. A gorgeous spot, but windy. Shortly after the picture above was taken, some pre-teen girls ran down the slope -- E had to restrain herself from yelling at them and their parents.

In the midst of a fever, alden still managed to climb this small dune, narrating all along. "dad . . . and . . . alden . . . climbed . . . the . . . dune."

There's actually no wind in this shot -- alden and I just use a lot of hair product, and dont shower that often. This photo was taken by two Russians who asked us in broken english whether there were any bears on the dunes. I didnt know, so I said probably a few.

For those still worrying about Alden's fever menitoned above, we brought him back to the Best Western, and allowed him to watch Milo and Otis (3 times), and drink smoothies. He was hydrated enough that he peed through all of thse sheets before dad got a diaper on him.

Also (barely) celebrated this trip was or 3rd anniversary. And while it was not romantic or restful, this trip allowed us to remember why we are with each other, and another reason why we're in Michigan.