Arrived Safe and Sound! 5/12/2013

I have to tell you.  Ted and I are the walking dead right now.  We have never, never, never been this tired.  Seriously.

BUT – we are here, and for those of you who haven’t followed us today on Facebook, here are a few photos. 

Last night at the hotel. Ted and I almost just got another room, and let them have those two beds. But instead we asked them nicely to share, and they did.  Such good little travelers they’ve been!

We left the hotel around 8:30. It was cold, really cold. And windy, really windy. And then it started sleeting. Then snowing. Blowing snow. We pulled off at a roadside park near Gaylord to find the ground covered in the white stuff.  It’s May in Michigan!

Maddie and Bear jumped out expecting grass and got a huge surprise!

We could have caught the 1:30 ferry, but instead we stayed and chatted with friends at Shepler’s, and Maddie and Bear entertained two tour buses full of visitors who were all crowded under Shepler’s heated tent staying warm.  We came over on the 2:30, and it was a pretty bumpy ride in the high winds!

Clark Bloswick posted this photo tonight of one of the Shepler boats coming back from the Island this afternoon. Yep – pretty bumpy – but safe and dry on the inside!

We’d called ahead for a taxi for us and a dray for our stuff, and we were at the condo by 3:30.  We unpacked 1.5 bags, walked the dogs, looked at each other and said, “Let’s go to the Pony!”

So we did! Jill met us there and so did friends Jim and Janice Groat, who are on the island for the month of May.

Just before we fell asleep in our plates, we ran over to Doud’s and bought enough stuff to get us through Monday.  I bet this watermelon is NOT from Georgia.  We don’t grow ’em that small in Georgia!

It’s so good to be here!  Even though it’s freezing, and there are a couple of snow banks that still aren’t melted, it’s Mackinac Island – and there’s no place like it. 

So.  It’s 11:32 p.m.  As soon as I post this, I’m off to dreamland.  And I dare anyone to say, “Let’s go on a roadtrip” to me for at least a month!

Thanks so, so much for all the safe travel prayers.  They were felt, and we love you all.  Thanks too for all the great comments on Facebook to my posts for the last two days.  They have kept us smiling on this long trip.

Nite now.