We took a mini vacation earlier this week. This year has been all about the mini vacation and not so much about the long relaxing week on the beach that I crave. But we're having fun and making memories as a family.
This vacation was "up north" Michigan. I've lived in Michigan for over 20 years (oh how it pains me to write that), and I still can't really define up north. I can tell you that it doesn't include the Upper Peninsula--that part of Michigan that can't be represented by holding your hand up and using it as a map. The Upper Peninsula is the UP. It too is a destination in and of itself with no need or evident desire for city names. Seriously, people here don't refer to a town if they are going up north. It's simply up north. Yea. I don't get it either.
We visited Mackinac Island. In case you're not familiar with it, Mackinac Island is about a 10 minute ferry ride away from civilization as we know it. There are no cars on Mackinac Island. There are bicycles and horse drawn carriages. There is Fort Mackinac where you can visit a recreation of a 1880's era fort. The kids actually got into the experience. They enjoyed it. They had fun.
We returned to Mackinaw City and the rest of civilization. Two days later Abby told me she wants to go back in time. But not to the 1880's era fort. She wants to go back in time to when someone else pumped your gas AND washed your windshield when you filled your tank. That's her memory from the vacation. The quaintness of the Mackinaw City gas stations having attendants who pump the gas for their customers. I'm sure that with her incredible knowledge for history Abby is guaranteed to have exceptionally high ACT scores. Gotta love it.
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