Northern Michigan, Part 1 of 3 - 6/27/13

A family wedding on Saturday at the Homestead in Glen Arbor brought us up north Thursday so we could enjoy a leisurely ride up and enjoy the sights of the scenic route.

We drove by Silver Lake and into Ludington, where this restaurant owner might want to rethink the name of his restaurant...

 Maude's Garage was oh so colorful.

We soon headed out to Pentwater and decided to stop there for lunch. Interestingly, and unfortunately, we couldn't find one restaurant on the water so we settled for distant view of the inlet between Lake Michigan and Pentwater Lake.

We continued on through Manistee and took another break in Frankfort where the lakeshore and sky were quite stunning.

We didn't take the walk to the lighthouse but said goodbye to this lovely place and drove our last miles to Glen Arbor to check into the resort and find other family members who were already there. Tomorrow there will be sight-seeing on the Leelanau Peninsula.

Oneonta, New York - 6/2/13

From New York City, we drove north to Oneonta for one last visit before heading home.  As much as we love the city, it was beautiful seeing the green and the hills, although there were some dark skies as well.

 We arrived in about 3 hours and brothers were reunited.

We were shown around the place and were served an awesome platter of food.

 

 After we indulged ourselves, we were taken to a local monastery in nearby Otego.

Take away any religious ideas/differences and this is a very interesting place. The women are all farmers, artists, or craftswomen and are extremely friendly.

 Cat/Duck encounter

Mirror Image

 

Here's looking at you, kid.

The chapel is humble and filled with icons.

 

 

 Here's a 2 minute video from the farm.

But now it was time to move on, to Brewery Ommegang to be specific, brewer of Belgian style ales.

 



A visit to more wonderful family living in a beautiful spot,

 dinner,

and a sign to be noted.

We were greeted by a misty morning the next day and started to make our way home to Michigan via Canada.