Posts Tagged ‘Michigan’

My dad has been talking about this logging museum since we got back to the States, so Sunday we loaded up the car and headed north to Hartwick Pines State Park in Grayling, MI. The Visitor Center features an excellent display about the forest, local wildlife, logging and life in the logging camps of the [...]

Yesterday I went for a swim in the lake for the first time. I walked down the concrete steps next to our dock and then waded in up to my knees. I was in the water for maybe 8 seconds before I came splashing out in horror. You may not know this about me, but [...]

Since we started teaching abroad, Tony and I have spent summers mooching off friends and relatives. That’s been fun (most of the time), but we found ourselves yearning for a place to call “home.” We wanted friends and family to visit US. When my parents moved to Michigan and promised they wouldn’t move again any [...]