2013 Road Trip Adventures – Part 3

So tired… This will be a marathon blog post people, so grab a glass of wine and settle in. We are home.  It was a wonderful vacation.  I wanted to blog more along the way but there wasn’t time and there wasn’t great internet.  And frankly, I was exhausted. You can read Part 1 and…

2013 Road Trip Adventure – Part 2

We packed up the car Tuesday and hit the road again. Destination: Cedar Point. Along the drive from Chicago to Ohio, we stopped at the Indiana Dunes. I’ve always heard they were great, but never been. We always hit up the ones in Michigan. But these were just off the highway, so we thought we’d…

2013 Road Trip Adventure – Part 1

Epic road trip 2013 is under way – so much to talk about but no time to write about it! Some notes and pictures from the road so far. Hit a big storm on turnpike as we were leaving Florida. Thanks Florida. It would be nice to visit Gainesville sometimes. But I want to go…

Marco Island Vacation

Ah…vacation.  You never last as long as I would like. It’s our annual vacation spot.  One week in a rental house on the beach.  It’s perfect.  I just wish it would last longer. Days are filled with bike rides, fishing, eating, drinking and pooling.  That’s about it. There’s a great spot the boys love to…

Keewaydin Island.

Boating adventures in Marco Island

Marco Island is one of our favorite vacation spots. I used to come here as a kid, as my aunt and her (much older children) also lived on the island. As an adult, it just randomly happened that my in-laws friends have a house to rent on the island, and it turned into our family…