So Matt had all week off and we were planning on having fun doing things around town. We went to the zoo and relaxed at home and Matt worked in the garage building a little play fridge for the girls (he made a stove for them at Christmas). On Wednesday morning, I thought way don't we go someplace maybe Mackinaw? I proposed the idea to Matt who said no way, but you can look into it. I found some hotels and Matt said maybe, by 5pm he agreed. We booked a room and packed to be ready to leave in the morning! Yes, we left the very next day! Had to borrow a friend's pack-n-play, mine was at my mom's, pack, load, and we were off! Who says you can't be spontaneous with two kids? Well, it might have been a little easier and we could have planned better, with more advanced planning, but we had fun. The five hour drive was killer. Elizabeth didn't nap until the last 45minutes of the trip. So I was back and forth to the back seat. We drove Matt's CR-V with better mileage, so the back seat was a very tight fit with me in the middle of two car seats!
Our hotel room was right on the beach and Ava had fun in the sand building her first sand castle and throwing rocks into Lake Huron. We stayed in Mackinaw City and took the ferry over to the island Friday morning, we rode on top of the boat. It got a little chilly and very windy; we decided to ride inside on the return trip! It was a prefect day! The crowds were light, the weather beautiful! Some highlights were taking a carriage tour of the island, Matt didn't like it but I did. For those who don't know Mackinac Island doesn't allow any motorized vehicles, only hoses, bikes, and feet will get you around. Ava and Elizabeth both liked a butterfly house we went to. Ava was thrilled when a butterfly landed on her green bow.
We also rented a tandem bike with a kiddie trailer on it and biked the 8 miles around the island. Ava loved it, Elizabeth wasn't very comfortable until the last few miles we we realized that we could but our back pack behind the seat and it propped her up a bit. My seat was up too high, so I had a few uncomfortable miles until we stopped and Matt adjusted the seat. Other than that we loved the great views of the lake and scenery all around the island. Saturday morning we went to the Mackinaw Fort. It is a recreation of the British fort from the 1700's. Ava and Elizabeth didn't think too much of it, didn't you just hated it when your parents made you go to boring history stuff on vacation!?! After that we headed home. The only blip of our quick little get away was the food. We had bad luck with food that was just OK. Over all we loved our quick get away, it had been a long time since we have been anywhere. With everything we have been thru this last year I felt like we owed it to ourselves. Although I don't think we will be in any hurry to take another road trip anytime soon! Never mind that we have some more trips planned already to visit friends in family.
Matt & Ava getting ready for the carriage ride.
A bicycle built for four?
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So exciting. We are glad you got out there and had fun. That sounded like a lot of fun. Matt I hear your pain, we don't even have one kid yet, and it's a chore to roundup everything for a quick trip. We are glad you got a vacation out of your time off work.
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