Mini Vacations

My wife had a conference up at Boyne Mountain last week and we scheduled a family weekend at the resort. The have ski slopes (which are obviously closed), great golf courses and a huge indoor water park. She went up on Wednesday and we followed on Friday. Originally our two nieces were going to go with us but one of them had to work so my oldest daughter asked a friend. The trip up started slow because my daughter's friend had to watch her younger siblings and we had to drop the dogs off at my sister's house and pick up my niece. We ended up getting on the road about an hour after I had planned but that was a good thing because traffic had settled down.

Mapquest put the trip at 4.5 hours which was about right but it was a long trip. The Michigan sunset was beautiful as you got into the mountains. I knew we were close when the kids started complaining about their ears popping. By the time we arrived, I was whipped. I had been up since 4:00 AM and it was flirting with 11:00 PM. I had 90 minutes of driving before the trip so I ended up being behind the wheel for about 6 hours that day. That will wear you out.

Saturday was very relaxing. The kids went to a water park. I did not want to be beaten to death by water or have to worry about losing a contact so I stayed away from the water park. I opted for a massage and a mud wrap. I might as well relax if I'm on vacation. It was my second mud wrap and it was fantastic. You come out smooth as a baby and relaxed beyond belief. I sat in the sauna and whirl pool tub for about 30 minutes total, got cleaned up and met the family for dinner. That is what vacation is all about; relaxing. I hope I don't turn into a spa junkie. I can think of a few worse things to turn into.

Icool

Cobb