On the recommendation of Lon, my 2nd cousin on my Mom's side, we went to Traverse City. It gave us a small town feel of older homes on tree lined streets.
We first went up the Old Mission Peninsula, it is only 11 miles long and about 1 mile wide. Beautiful scenery. There were 8 wineries on the peninsula, we tried to go wine tasting, but didn't go into a single one. There must have been some event going on because every parking lot was full and we could see a line out the door to just pay for your wine tasting. We didn't want to wait so long because there are so many wineries to choose from, we just kept going.
Views from the vineyards
Quilt patterns were on alot of the old homes and barns.
The next day we traveled to the other, larger Leelaneau Peninsula. There, we went to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. My cousin, Lois, recommended them. We have been to several places that different cousins have said were worth seeing. In 2011 it was voted the most beautiful place in America by Travel magazine.
Views of some of the Dunes.
We climbed up a small dune. If you can't tell by Denny being bundled up, it was so cold and the wind was blowing sideways.
As you can see, it is so windy there that the boardwalk is mostly covered with sand. We got sand in our hair, eyes and shoes. I was bundled up alot more than he was. I had a hooded sweatshirt and my fleece jacket on. The hood was pulled tight around my face.
The rest of the drive around the peninsula was beautiful. There are 32 wineries here, but we only stopped at 3. Ran out of time, we didn't get started very early and spent alot of time at the Dunes. Very scenic drive on a nice day (except for the wind at the Dunes).
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