Last day of vacation - Sat 7/10

We're back from vacation!! I'll start with the last day first, so that it is in the right order on the blog. Yesterday (Sat) we were in Sault Ste. Marie, MI.


Here are Katie and Jessi jumping on me to wake me up!



Here are the girls outside our hotel, playing with mayflies (fishflies). There were lots and lots of them all over the place in the Soo and in Mackinac. As soon as I told the girls that mayflies can't bite because they don't have mouthparts, they decided to play with mayflies nonstop! They wanted to bring them home as pets!

Sat. morning we drove down to see the locks again for a few minutes (no pics, but lots from Friday). Then we started on our drive home. First we stopped in St. Ignace (north side of the Mackinac Bridge) at the Straits State Park.

Such a beautiful view!

We let the girls play in the water for a while. Here's Katie wading around in Lake Huron.

Here's Megan on top of a little kid-made rock island.

Here are the girls with the Mac behind them.

Here's our whole family. Isn't this a great pic?!?

Then we drove over the bridge. It was such a spectacular view...the blues of the water and sky, the greens of the UP and LP...

The Big Mac.

Once we reached the lower peninsula, we stopped at a yummy fish-n-chips restaurant in Mackinaw City and got lunch to go. We found a hidden beach near a lighthouse, and enjoyed our lunch on the beach! Then the girls donned their crocs and started playing in the water of Lake Michigan. Here are the girls trying to re-create the little rock island.

Megan found a heart-shaped rock.

Megan on their little island.

Three girls with the Big Mac behind them. We had fun there for at least an hour. They got soaked playing in the water (no surprise), so we re-dressed them before started home. They all had a nice long nap on the drive home!

It was a wonderful vacation - lots of amazing sights, great weather, and tons of fun together!