Grand Marais and Pictured Rocks

This past Friday was TJ and my 5 year anniversary.  We decided to plan a little mini-vacation to celebrate.  We decided to head up to Grand Marais for the weekend and spend a day in Munising checking out the Pictured Rocks.  Neither of us had ever been there and we heard great things about it!  Even though it was an anniversary trip we decided to take Macy too.  We had a great time and that area is truly breathtaking...it is hard to believe that you are still in Michigan when you're there.  We are so fortunate to live in such a beautiful state! 

Heading over the bridge on the way up.  We lucked out that we planned ahead of time to spend Thursday evening in Mackinaw City because when we got there the bridge was closed because I truck had rolled over on it earlier in the evening during a storm!  It was all clear on Friday morning.

Our motel was right on the beach on Lake Superior.  It was definitely too cold to swim but Macy loved all of the rocks on the shore!

Getting caught in the chilly waves!

Too distracted by rocks for pictures!

Macy and Daddy- check out that incredible shoreline!

We found a nice playground in town that Macy enjoyed!

Thought this bench was the perfect photo op!

Digging!

We bought a cheap kite in town and it didn't fly very well but Macy and Daddy had fun trying!

Macy flying the kite!

Watching the sunset. Notice the champagne glass-every year on our anniversary we have a toast with the same champagne glasses we used at our wedding.  There were 2 markets in town and neither had champagne so we toasted with beer instead! Keeping it classy!

5 years

This was taken in the morning-still in jammies!

I drew a heart in the sand and Macy added the eyes, nose, and mouth.  I was surprised how well she drew them!

On the boat for the pictured rocks tour.  We were a little nervous how Macy would do on the 2.5 hour boat ride but she did great!

One of the magnificent waterfalls we got to see

Snuggling with Daddy on the boat

They gave away Pictured Rocks photograph books to 1 lucky person on each boat tour.  You had to go back to the gift shop to see if your name was posted.  TJ said it was a trick to get people into the gift shop (which it probably is) but I told him we had to check and see if we won and guess what...I won! 

A nice park ranger took a family photo by Munising Falls

From an overlook at Miners Castle

Not afraid of heights!

The lookout was neat because it had little Macy size window for her to look through so you didn't have to lift her up near the railings

Back in Grand Marais- on the pier before we left

 

 

We had a great time and it was nice to get away for a few days!  It was also nice to get up to some cooler weather after the scorching hot week we had last week!