published by Jonathan on Sat, 07/07/2007 - 21:14
We spent last Monday on Mackinac Island with the Lakrouts. As I mentioned before, it is populated with lots of bikes and horse poop. We didn't bother to go in the Grand Hotel because it's $12 per person just to go in ($345 per night for the smallest room). We spent most of our time at Fort Mackinac which provides a steady diet of interesting presentations in addition to the typical self-guided tour. Here are some photos:
The Grand Hotel
Mackinac Island
check for poop
presentation on military music
Mackinac Island
kids playing "old-timey" games
Mackinac Island
published by Jonathan on Fri, 07/06/2007 - 22:46
Last Sunday we went with the Lakrout and Wanous families to Mackinaw City for lunch, the beach near the Mackinac Bridge, and playing at a local park. Here are some photos and a video:
published by Jonathan on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 22:45
We spent last Saturday through Wednesday up north camping in Cheboygan State Park...visiting Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island (no clue why there is a diversity of spellings for "MACK-in-aw"). We drove up to Cheboygan on Saturday afternoon. We spent Sunday at the campground and in Mackinaw City with the Lakrout and Wanous families. On Monday we with the Lakrouts to Mackinac Island, hiking around the island, avoiding all the bicycles and horse manure, and touring the fort. On Tuesday we hiked to the lighthouse ruins in Cheboygan, played at a local park, and went to see Ratatouille. On Wednesday, we packed up and hit the road for home. The weather was quite good, but not really warm enough for swimming. We had a little rain, but not too much. While at the campground, the kids' four favorite activities were roasting marshmallows, playing Uno (and 21), the monkey bars, and "toilet tag." Wikipedia lists plethora of variants of tag, but "toilet tag" has not yet been identified. Toilet tag is an interesting variant of freeze tag. From Mr.Gym.com:
When a player is tagged, he/she must assume a toilet position (one knee on the ground and the other knee up, one arm straight out to the side). The tagged player must remain frozen in this position until they are rescued by another player. To be rescued, a player must sit on the knee of the frozen player, grab their straight arm and make a WHOOSH sound while pulling the arm down to simulate the flushing of a commode. Once a player flushes the toilet of a frozen player, the frozen player is freed.
The "WHOOSH" wasn't the only sound effect I heard them use during toilet tag, as you might imagine. Here are some photos from the campground:
the monkey bars
published by Jonathan on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 21:16
In anticipation of a trip to Cheboygan, we bought a vacation home last night. Here is a photo:
published by Jonathan on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 20:29
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