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mother/daughter 13th annual camping trip-part 3

August 7, 2012

More pictures from the annual camping trip! It looks like my mom wrote 9/2012 in the sand but it should say 7/2012. She insists on taking certain pictures each year and this is one of them.

1-writing in the sand

2, 3-“borrowing” a porch for one of our photo shoots. I have a few too but I’ll be sharing them tomorrow

4- a pretty flower

5-a tugboat in fishtown

6, 7- we always stop by Lake  Michigan before we head home from vacation. It’s so peaceful there its a good way to begin to end the trip

8-trying on a dress in a vintage shop

9-beer flight at a Michigan brewery. We stopped to try the beer and stayed to see a really fun band play

10-the lake washing our writing away and symbolizing the end of our trip

 

mother/daughter 13th annual camping trip-part 1

August 3, 2012

Wow it’s hard to believe my mom and I have been taking the same vacation now for 13 years! It never gets old though! We look forward to visiting familiar places and discovering new places. We jam pack our few days of “camping” to the brim. I say “camping” because, while we do sleep in tents, we sleep on cots and are able to use regular toilets and shower daily. That way when we head into the little towns to explore we look put together but we can still come back to camp and have a fire at night.

1,2,3- You pick black raspberries and raspberries

4-Breakfast in a 50’s style diner

5-Wine tasting

6,7-Raclette and dinner at Martha’s Cafe

8-lemon and watermelon ice from Little Bee’s Italian Ice-yum!

9-We went to a music festival and saw our favorite Michigan folk artists Seth and May

10-Beautiful coals at camp

Old fashioned ice cream parlor

July 27, 2012

The other night after dinner my mom, her husband, my friend and I all walked into town for some ice cream. There is a super cute ice cream shop where they make fudge and their own waffle cones. My mom actually helps out there when the owner needs help, like she has time, but she enjoys it. When I asked her about it she said she always wanted to work in an ice cream shop. Isn’t that cute! Since I don’t love waffle cones I got an old fashioned dual top. How cool is that cone! I’m 100% sure it made my ice cream taste better. Hahaha! I chose almond joy and good ol peppermint (mint ice cream tops my favorite list).

What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream?

P.S. This weekend my mother and I are headed out on our 13th annual camping trip but while I’m gone I have a few posts planned and I’m especially excited about Monday’s post! I’m starting a new feature  so you should stop by and check it out!! I’m so super excited about it!