HAPPY NEW YEAR! May it be filled with good food, great friends, and awesome adventures! As 2016 comes to a close, I want to take a minute and thank all of you for supporting our website. We appreciate every single visit, like, share, comment, and click. We had a fantastic year full of fun trips, and […]
A Day in Grand Haven Besides Holland, Grand Haven has one of my favorite beaches in Michigan. So, that is exactly where I went for the day! It is only a 40 minute drive from Grand Rapids making it an easy day trip or half-day trip. Just like Holland, the Grand Haven beach is in […]
One of my favorite activities is hiking. Unfortunately, Tampa Bay isn’t exactly known for great hiking trails. So, while in Michigan, I jumped at the chance to break out my hiking boots. Well… not exactly boots. More like Chacos (sandals). Western Michigan provides unique hiking trails combining dirt paths and sand trails. Sometimes you climb up dunes […]
A Day in Grand Rapids We planned on getting up early and going out for a nice breakfast before Nisheet headed to work. Who am I kidding? That didn’t happen. Not even close. I planned on spending the day in Grand Rapids. I wouldn’t need the car, so I took my time getting ready while […]
Traveling to Michigan Nisheet had to travel to Michigan last week for work and I tagged along. Can you believe we haven’t made it back to Michigan since we moved a year ago? I wanted to see our old friends and visit our old hangouts. I missed the amazing beer, good food, and salt-free shark-free beaches. I […]
Platte River On our last day of our Sleeping Bear camping trip, rain looked promising. We didn’t let it stop us though. We grabbed our rain jackets, rented a kayak, and paddled down the Platte River. It was crowded! I can’t imagine how busy it gets on a sunny day during peak season (near the […]
Old Mission Peninsula On the 2nd full day of our Sleeping Bear Dunes Camping trip, the weather was absolutely gorgeous, so we opted to go for a winery bike tour (self guided) on the Old Mission Peninsula near Traverse City. Center road is fairly easy to bike, has a wide shoulder, and the traffic was sparse the […]
Sleeping Bear Dunes We have a secret. Soon we will be moving to Florida! (I guess it isn’t really a secret anymore, huh?) Since we have limited time remaining in the Midwest, we decided to make memorial day weekend into an extra long weekend and go camping at one of our favorite places, Sleeping Bear […]
For our annual Labor Day Weekend trip, Nisheet and I ventured to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to see the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Tahquamenon Falls. I drove to Grand Rapids, and as soon as Nisheet got off work we hit the road. Our first stop was Mackinaw City. Unfortunately we were running a […]
Sleeping Bear Dunes: Two years ago for Labor Day Weekend, Nisheet and I did a very quick version of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour (only 4 days), and our very favorite place on that trip was Sleeping Bear Dunes. So, this year we decided to go back and spend the entire weekend camping and exploring […]
