The Ringstrom Family

In late August, Mother Nature presented us with a picture-perfect beach day. Warm but not hot, no humidity, no storms, pleasant breeze. So we ran out to Oval Beach in Saugatuck. It was gorgeous — except for the biting flies, which were not so gorgeous. They didn’t plague us the whole time, but a couple […]

Wednesday the weather was cool, breezy but sunny, and perfect for a visit to the Island. We took a carriage tour, stopped at the butterfly house as part of the carriage tour, took pictures at Arch Rock and enjoyed some history at Fort Mackinac. (Not a very auspicious military history, considering it was captured twice […]

This was the day that threatened rain. Luckily for us, Bruce ignored the GPS instructions to the Mystery Spot and it poured down rain when we were in the car headed the wrong direction. All’s well that ends well. Anyway, this particular day we hit the corny tourist spots of St. Ignace: Castle Rock, the […]

We headed up to St. Ignace the first day. Our kids had never been over the bridge! We drove up, settled in at the campground, had dinner (service was poor and there was no deck seating, alas), walked on the boardwalk and waded in the lake back at the campground again. Not bad for a […]