It has been a fun vacation – Michigan is nice, far enough
away that it feels like you are really gone but close enough to drive. We chose a small town outside of Grand
Rapids for our destination this year.
While we were there, we went to the Meijer Sculpture Park, John Ball Zoo
and Meyer Lake. We actually had
some really good food on the trip (seems like our food choices are always
mediocre). R tested out about
half a dozen playgrounds. We
rented a house on Lake Meyer, which worked out great. It was fun to see all of the summer lake activity and R enjoyed playing at her own private beach.
When we did get over to big Lake Meyer, she got to swim in the lake
rather than a pool – a different experience for sure.
The Sculpture Park was very cool and something we would
definitely recommend to others, especially those with kids – a whole area of
the gardens were dedicated to kid stuff.
The Zoo was small, but a great time – the whole thing was up
hill though, didn’t realize Michigan was so hilly! Andrew definitely got a work out pushing the stroller for 2
hours. The highlight of the zoo
trip was the camel ride – that’s right, R and I rode a camel! Not something you see every day.
Friday we had visitors – Uncle Bill and his wife Barb came
down see us for the evening.
Mostly, it was nice to spend some quality time with the
family after the last couple of weeks.
Although I was certainly glad to come home.
