Our 5 Year Aniversary Get-a-way

September 5th we celebrated our 5 year anniversary. I can't believe we've been married for that long! Relatively speaking 5 years isn't very long, but it seems like it flew by. I guess we've been having fun together.

Half our get-a-way was already planned for us. A while back I won a 2 night stay on Mackinaw Island that included ferry tickets and $100 Visa Gift card. We fiqured we should spend some of our own money (to keep Michigan's economy going --- I'm really good at this). We (I) decided that we should go to Traverse City for a few days also. With bikes in tow we drove up to TC, explored the area, went to Sleeping Bear Dunes, Old Mission Pennisula, beaches, and winerys.

After 2 nights in Traverse City we went to Mackinaw Island. Having our own bikes was much better then renting bikes on the island. Having gears made it much easier to navigate some of the hills toward the center of the island (the rental bikes are all single gear crusiers). The weather was perfect the whole time we were away, we couldn't have asked for a better anniversay get-a-way.


Here you can see the Sleeping Bear Dune off in the distance.

Here is the dune up close. At the top of the dune there was a sign that read "the climb up is extremely exhausting" we did not climb it.

This climb wasn't as exhausting but it was slightly uphill.

Here is us in front of our hotel at Mission Point.

Chihuly Exhibit in Flint 8-30-09

My favorite aritst had an another exhibit in Michigan so Matt and I made the 2 hour trip to the Flint Institute of Art.

Photographs were not allowed in the main exhibit, however the institute purchaced a Chihuly hanging piece (pictured here) that will permanently adorn the lobby.

Matt admiring the furniture & textiles in the Renaissance room.

Matt's favorite piece in the museum: This is a piece of solid ivory about 1' long that is very detailed in the carvings.