Michigan Trip....

In June, some of my (Rebecca's) family took a trip to Michigan. The main thing we were going to see was Mackinaw Island, along with the other sights of the area. My parents rented a camper for the week that we could drive/sleep in at night. So anyways....here is the trip summed up in a few pictures, briefly telling what we did each day...Thursday afternoon: The crew: my mom, me, Kayla, Marty, Ethan and my dad.

Not pictured: Andrew (taking the picture)
We stayed at Andrew's sisters' house--Hannah the first night in Chippewa Falls.
Friday: We went and saw a light house on the way to the island. I think this was right after we went over the big bridge. It was a little hike out there to get to the light house, but a pretty view.
Andrew and I
That night we stayed at a campground. It was a fancy campground with a little store, arcade room, nice showers, pool, etc. Some of us played mini-golf.
We went to Mackinaw Island on Saturday. The training ship that Andrew learned on in college happened to be in dock there, so we stopped and toured that a little bit more. On Monday we saw it at the college and got to tour it some more. We also got to look at his college back in Traverse City on Monday.
Andrew and I on the ship that he learned on.
Mackinaw Island...and interesting place as everything is done with horses. People can rent bikes to ride around the island (an 8 mile trek) or take carriage rides.
They have about 500 horses on the island that they use during the summer months. Here is one of the barns where they house them.

We rented a two-seater bike and rode around the island. It's good exercise and loads of fun to do with your best friend!
On Sunday we went to a park and did some activies. One of them was going on a zip-line across some water. Here we are with our harness on ready to go!
Monday was spent looking around Traverse City, the town that Andrew went to school at. We did a little shopping and then stayed with his friend Dan Monday and Tuesday night. On Tuesday we went to the sand dunes and did some hiking...boy was it a hike!
The crew---taken at the end of our hike, before we turned around and went back...Ethan stayed at the bottom to dig sand castles.
Wednesday: We decided rather than driving the five hours around, we would put the camper on the ferry and take that across. The ferry ride lasted about 3 hours.
The ferry was called the SS Badger. Lots of things to do on it while we were traveling-- movies, eating, a store, or just watching the ferry go from the deck.
Wednesday afternoon: We went and toured the Packers football stadium in Green Bay, WI. Andrew and I aren't really sports fans, but thought it be interesting to see....
And the last activity on Thursday was going tubing near Minneapolis. It was a nice warm day to lay on the tube and float down the river. After tubing we continued down the road and pulled into the farm late that night. It was a good trip for all of us.