Starting from where the last post ended, on Thursday my mom had to spend all day at the Baby Pantry, so the boys and I drove out to my cousin Lil's house in the morning and went lighthouse hopping with her and her two girls, Emily and Ava. We climbed the "new" Presque Isle lighthouse first, which I recommend since it is much higher than the "old" one. I only realized when we got to the top that my camera battery had died, so I have no pictures of that day. Lil took plenty and is sending them to me, so when I receive them I'll post the best.
Reece made it up about 1/3 of the way before having a mini freakout, which I call impressive (his uncle Nat still won't go up, and he's 37), and we managed to convince him to go all the way up. He didn't want to spend very much time up there, but we did walk all the way around and stop to admire the view from four sides as well as fly tiny airplanes from the top down to the ground. We were amazed that none got caught in any trees or on the roof of the buildings. We then drove to the "old" lighthouse, which is supposed to be haunted, and the kids got to work old fog horns and put themselves into shackles. We completed that trip with pizza and ice cream cones, then went back to Lil's where Greyson and Emily took the paddleboat out to the drop-off to fish and Reece and Ava swam and caught minnows.
Friday we headed back to Black Lake to hang out with Uncle Dan, Jackie, Jill and Susie. Anyone who could read played Whoonu, we had steaks for supper, then went out fishing where we caught nothing but had to hightail it back to beat a wicked storm. That thing lasted most of the night, but by morning it had moved on, leaving a lot of tannic acid spilling into the shallow water in runoff. It was necessary to go back out to fish in order to have tall tales to tell when we returned, so we rode the boat to Uncle Tim's and Uncle Dave's to pick up my cousin Mike, his daughter Jenna, and his nephew Joe. Reece and I were the most successful, with Reece catching the biggest perch (and only keeper). Jackie even drove up on the jet ski and attempted to fish off it (to no avail). Then we went back for lunch and went swimming/snorkeling for most of the afternoon. A great ending to an overall very relaxing vacation. We even stopped by my cousin Dave's outside Detroit on our way home Sunday to have a break and visit with him and his family, so we managed to see a fair percentage of relatives this trip.
And here are the photos:
Playing Whoonu
Reece the owl checking out the loft
Greyson driving at ludicrous speed to beat the storm
Reece driving all by himself (and not watching where he's going)
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