First, I know I haven’t kept up with my weekly posts. We’ve just been really chillin’. Not a lot going on to write about. With 2 weeks worth now, I guess there is enough for a post.

We went to Frankenmuth, MI, a town “known for its Bavarian-style architecture. ” Honestly, it felt more like a day at discount Epcot than anything else. Apparently there are 2 restaurants offering “world famous chicken dinner”. Jay and I were not impressed with the one we tried. I don’t think we’ll bother going back to try the other. But it was a pretty nice day to walk around. Since I was under-whelmed with the experience, I remembered to take a few pictures for you all.

Jay did found the placement of a few of the shops interesting.

I have been talking about kayaking out to Turnip Rock for weeks now and this weekend seemed like we might have good weather for it. Sitting around the campsite on Thursday evening, we met our neighbors, John and Terry. They have a seasonal site here and own a house in town so they know the area well. I mentioned our plans for the weekend. John told us about the head winds we would face on the LOOONG paddle back. (Recall our experience with headwinds in Pennsylvania). We opted for the boat ride instead! It was a good decision! It would have been a long paddle and an even longer time hearing about it from Jay. If you’re ever in the area, do the boat tour. It’s worth it. And don’t even think about paddling!

In true Avery fashion, our itinerary has changed again. We were headed to Traverse City on Saturday but after reading some recent reviews of our selected campground and talking to some ‘Ganders we met here in Port Austin, we changed our plans. We’re headed to Petosky instead. Hope you’ll stick around to hear all about it.