Vacation was GREAT!

We had the best vacation! We spent a week on Lake Gogebic in Michigan. We stayed at a beautiful cottage right on the lake! It was so nice to just get away from it all! We spent some time up in the Porcupine Mountains, checking out Lake of the Clouds. We hiked into Mirror Lake (8 miles) and checked out one of the cool cabins that they have that you can rent! Talk about in the middle of nowhere! It was serious bear country out there!

Cole and Doug went on an amazing mining adventure. They were lowered down into this huge copper mine with harnesses and hardhats with lights...OMG they LOVED THAT!

I saw a wolf, Doug and Cole saw a coyote, and Emma was mad because all she saw was a dead porcupine. We did not see a bear...but maybe next time!

My mom taught Emma to knit...and she LOVED THAT!

We went to the cardboard boat races and the kids (and G-pa Richard) want to design boats for next year!

We spend a ton of time on our boat checking out the lake! What a great place!

The kids and Doug caught a few fish.

I biked around the lake a few times, swam some serious lake shore...trying to rehab that insane ankle of mine!

We had campfires, blew up fireworks, threw the ball for the dogs, and ate some amazing food!

Feels so good to get away every once in awhile! THEN it feels so good to get back home :)