I have had a few friends ask me for the itinerary of our UP trip, so here it is! Tahquamenon Falls Tuesday, June 14 We left early morning and made our way up to the UP. We crossed the bridge and had lunch in St. Ignace. We continued on to Paradise, Michigan to see Tahquamenon Falls. We started with the lower falls. I was under the impression that there were 2 falls: one smaller one and one larger one, but that is not the case. The lower falls are made up of several hiking trails and quite a few areas with different waterfalls. We would walk the trail, come up to a fall and stay a bit. For most of the falls, you can get close or even get your feet in the shallow parts of the water. The upper falls has the larger, most recognizable falls. You walk a short path to a deck area that gets you pretty close to the edge. Its a beautiful view, and you can feel the mist that comes up from the falls. There are also trails to get a more panoramic view of the falls. After this, we had d
So, in the time I've been away from this blog some interesting things have happened. The biggest being Zac, Joe and I turning 40, school, work, etc. One fun, new thing is that we bought a boat last summer. More on that later. 2020 has been an interesting year for everyone. There is a world wide pandemic that forced the world into a quarantine to try to contain the virus. Seems so sci-fi to type that out. To be honest, I am a bit of a homebody so it wasn't too hard for me. The hardest part was trying to do homeschooling for my second grader, while keeping my 1 year old occupied and somewhat quiet so that my husband can work from home. No big deal. It is fine, everything is fine. 😳 What does all of this have to do with cocktails? (Besides the obvious of needing a vice with the homeschooling and toddler part.) Well, in quarantine we didn't always want to go to the store if we didn't have to. So when wine was running low, I turned to the old liquor cabinet.