Tag: Michigan

Caught on Beaver Island as Covid 19 becomes a global pandemic

After a couple of years globetrotting as interim innkeepers, we decided in 2019, to reply to a job offer on the website workingcouples.com, for a seasonal management job on Beaver Island in northern Lake Michigan. Boutique Hotel Beaver Island Lodge with 14 rooms and suites and a separate log cabin was looking for operational managers …

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En Route to Warmer Climes

After we left Traverse City, Michigan en route to warmer climes, we visited with my youngest daughter and her sweet little family.  I had a lot pent up energy, so I cleaned and organized the barn, then taught Liam how to “zen out” by raking. The fire pit never looked so good. There is always …

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Delightful Stay in Music City Tennessee

Dropping south from the Michigan rainy cold, we were looking forward to a delightful warmer stay in Nashville Tennessee. Our one highlight of this traveling day was that we took the time to stop at the French Bakery in Berrien Springs off Highway 31 and had a divine lunch and a French baguette to-go. https://www.facebook.com/Baguette-de-France-of-Berrien-Springs-166193277292/ …

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A Great Mattress is Magical

Woke up to a flurry of activity. The grand kids are such a joy, even when fighting over the TV. : ) Greg, David and Liam went to Grand Rapids for a gun show. Jeabet, Lena and Aria also went to Grand Rapids to pick up Phil at the airport.(Jeabet’s dad) He and Greg are …

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Cabin Fever…The Struggle is Real

We’re finding that the cabin fever in cold winter times is a real struggle. Even if the house is pretty sizable, put 5 adults and three little people in it and it becomes tight, stuffy quarters. Got up this morning dazed completely out, due to the heater making the most awful loud banging noises beginning …

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