Trucks, cars, and Stanley

Stanley helped Baba B check in her car at the auto repair shop.  The air conditioning needs a boost as it’s already warm here
Stanley was reassured by all the police cars in the neighborhood.  The police men and women are our neighbors
Stanley thought this Jeep with it’s hand painted good was cool
A close up of the hood
Stanley thought having a skeleton in the yard was fun. Does Malachy think it’s fun or a bit scary  ?

Stanley goes visiting

Stanley went climbing on the very tall mountain of rock we have in front of our house.
Stanley is checking out the bricks and a chimenia (outdoor fireplace) that are waiting to be placed on our yard.
Stanley made friends with a racoon.
Stanley met Fritzi, a friend’s dog who has to use a stroller.
Stanley is picking out colored pencils to color with.  Stanley wishes Malachy was here too. He’s having lots of fun.

Flat Stanley arrived!

Malachy sent me a new friend in my mailbox
I also got a cool letter from Malachy
Grandpa Ray took flat Stanley to the gym to work out. 
This weight was too heavy!
Flat Stanley spent time with our dog Luca
Stanley tried sitting on a cholla.  It was too prickly.

Baba and Grandpa have more fun adventures planned for Stanley tomorrow.  There’s no snow here and it’ll be 86 degrees F today and tomorrow so we’ll do some outdoor stuff. 

Welcome to Escanaba

Lots of fun historical sites here including a lighthouse, the chamber of commerce museums of an outdoor innovator and Escanaba’s contributions to various wars, and the history association museum.

Couldn’t charge much with this cash register
Coin register
Nice desk
Old tupewriters
Elegant cash register
Snazzy outfit
Bell from ship
Dollhouse

Mackinac island

Horse drawn carriages were everywhere
The Grand hotel
Old fire carriage
A sled carriage
View of lake from forest
The famous arch
Fort Mackinac
A fort docent
The fort wall and pathway
More fort buildings
View from fort
Our ship
Inside the Grand hotel.  An old fashioned was $28 so we didn’t stop to eat or drink
Another view from the Grand hotel interior
Ray relaxing on the world’s longest porch at Grand hotel
Chess game
Flowers still in bloom
I think this could be dangerous
Lots of pretty colors for houses
Bed and breakfast

Sault st marie and locks

Fun museum with sturgeon you can pet
View of locks
Crane for locks
Downtown  Sault St Marie
As a past yooper, I loved this sign
Fudge is popular in the upper peninsula
Not sure I want to tour a shipwreck museum when I’m on a cruise
More downtown on our walk
Sidewalk art
A tequila bottle tree
This area was huge in shipping iron.  Now, less so but still a part of the local industry
Who could resist a crepe?
Halloween mural

For a moment, I thought this was real