Laowai

We just got home from about a week spent in Tawas, Michigan. We had so much fun!

We hung out at Jennifer's yacht club a lot (it's not her yacht club – but you know what I mean). We swam and used our paddle boards and took walks to the nearby state park. We also got to use the wooden kayak that Jennifer made (yes! she made it!).

After we'd had enough sun and wind we went back to Tawas where we had a little rental house. 

We just hung out and relaxed and played some games. Jenna and Claire walked to the coffee shop or the bubble tea shop for treats. And we watched the Olympics.

Must have Easy Cheese when vacationing up north in MIchigan:

This is what vacation with lots of kids and devices looks like:

Our other important occupation was eating ice cream:

On our last day it was very rainy up until we were scheduled to go for an evening boat ride and then it cleared up. Perfect timing! Jenna has been learning to sail the Appledore – a reproduction tall ship schooner that offers tours and charters and does lots of educational programs. Jennifer treated us to a ride so we could enjoy a sunset cruise and also see Jenna hard at work. It was lovely!

Here are a few shots of Jenna and her fellow friend and green crew member working on the boat.

Look at all those googly eyes!

And that is the end.