"May the force be with you"

That's what I said to Nathan when I showed him Megan wearing this onesie. He informed me that I was quoting the wrong movie. Eh. What do I know? I've never seen Star Trek or Star Wars.

Pretty stinkin' cute, though, right? Nathan bought this for Chloe two years ago so of course we had to get a picture of Megan wearing it. She actually wears it to bed a lot but I don't get a lot of photos of the girls between 8pm-8am :-)  So here's a photo for the record.

On our way to DeTour!

Wow, this summer is just flying by! All of a sudden it was time for our yearly trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula for a week with the Fountain family. We left on Saturday, June 30 - it was a beautiful day for a really long drive with two kids :-)  Our plan was to stop at Cracker Barrel for breakfast but we quickly opted for "Plan B" (Burger King drive thru) once Chloe took a short nap and woke up screaming.

We planned to get our traditional "veggie Whopper, no meat, plus cheese" but apparently that "have it your way" slogan didn't apply to getting a Whopper at 9:30am. So, I got a breakfast burrito, hashbrowns, and an OJ while Nathan got a breakfast sandwich and hashbrowns. Pretty good for Plan B and it helped us make pretty good time on our trip. Until about 30 minutes later when it was determined a diaper pit stopped was needed. We won't name names.

Back on the road!

The breakfast food didn't last as long as we'd hoped and by the time we made it to Gaylord we were hankering for our veggie Whoppers. So, off to exit we went through yet another BK drive thru.

Once we were back on the highway there was a brief slow-down due to an accident (a big RV was in the ditch!) but that did make it safe for me to get a photo of this sign that I always say I'm going to photograph.

Cool, eh?

Our next stop was Mackinaw City. We always stop here to take one last break before crossing over The Bridge. Plus, both last year and this year we had little girls who were making their first trip across to the U.P. so we had to stop and get photos.

And away we go! Hello Mackinac Bridge!

We finally arrived a little after 3:00. After some unpacking and relaxing, we had a light supper crafted by our sister-in-law. Don't these salads look yummy?

First few days in DeTour

Sunday - Tuesday we just did a lot of hanging out. Each morning after breakfast Nathan and I took the girls on a walk.  Chloe's favorite thing in the world is riding on the Gator or Razr so we also did a lot of that. Not to mention all the eating. Our big excursion was a trip to Sault Ste. Marie on Monday to stop at the Super WalMart and eat lunch downtown. We stopped by the Soo Locks briefly, too. Monday we had sand and rocks delivered to our beach so the kids could play down by the water.  Nathan also lit some sparklers for the kids. Lots of relaxing. Just what we needed!

Aunt Melissa made Chloe her own special breakfast pancakes!

Picking flowers on a walk!

A big ship going by! That's Drummond Island in the distance.

This is the view of the cottage (left) and the shack (right) when you're at the water looking back.

And now for a few photos of us on our Razr ride. The street the cottage is on is about a mile long and we're one of the first cottages, so we like to take walks or rides to the end where it becomes a forest.

This is an old ship that people are renovating into a house!

Chloe playing on the beach grandpa built down by the water...

Finally some photos from Tuesday night. We had a super yummy dinner! Mozzarella Pesto Panini's with salad. Also, I'd made some Hawaiian Macaroni Salad that's one of my favorite sides. That night I went out on the dock and took some photos at sunset.

And that was the first part of our week in DeTour Village!