January Trip to St. Joe Michigan
I’m not a winter type of gal, my idea of winter is to look at it from inside the house with a nice glass of wine as I sit by a cozy fire with a good book. However, my love of lighthouses, photography and Lake Michigan and the promise of a great dinner from my hubby for my birthday that weekend got me to leave my warm cocoon for the day. So I packed up my camera, boots, mittens, scarf and hat and off we went.
An hour later we arrived to see the most incredible sight; the lighthouse was covered from top to bottom with mounds of thick draping layers of ice like I’d never seen before. It was so windy and we bundled up and started our trek out there when fear and reality set in, no way am I walking on that breaker full of ice!!! I have trouble walking out there on a warm summer day and now it’s covered in ice and snow. No way!!! What’s a girl to do? I may never see the likes of this again, did I really want to miss out on natures artistic designs? Well, you know that saying, you only live once! With the help and encouragement from my wonderful hubby and his strong arm, I made that long walk out to lighthouse point!!!! Oh my gosh, it was incredible. I took hundreds of photos and we were out there for about an hour thanks to my new down mittens and hat that kept me warm (a Christmas gift from my hubby). We had a great time, I had some great photos but the time I dreaded had come, the walk back on that icy breaker! It wasn’t as bad as the walk out. Whew, I did it! Cross that off the bucket list!
We worked up an appetite and I couldn't wait to have dinner and warm up but not till we did a little shopping. We had planned to eat at Schus' but changed our dinner plans after talking to one of the store owners. She told us about Bucks Burgers and Brews, a new burger joint. A juicy burger sounded great on a cold blistery day so off we went. The hard part was deciding which one to have. I chose the Mac Attack and I'm sure it had a weeks' worth of calories but it was worth each and every juicy bite I took! Imagine a thick juicy burger with maple smoked bacon, smothered in macaroni and cheese and then a side order of chili cheese fries, oh yeah I did.
So here we are wallowing like pigs in mud when the ice and snow storm hit, we totally forgot that it was headed our way!! We decided there wasn’t a thing we could do at that point so we enjoyed our meal, and decided if it got too bad we’d just spend the night. The drive home was a little squirrley to say the least but we made it home safe and sound. I poured a big glass of wine and downloaded my photos from our fantastic day at the beach, even if it was covered in ice I had a great birthday weekend!!!!
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