Wolf Lake, MI for 4th of July

Last Thursday, July 3, we decided at 2:00 PM to drive to Aunt Georgia and Uncle Jon's cottage at Wolf Lake in Michigan.  It's a 5 hour drive, and by the time we ran to the store for supplies, packed, ate and got out the door it was 8:00 PM.  This wasn't so bad, because the girls could sleep on the way, right??  Right, until it took us 3 hours, yes, I said 3, to go a mere 100 miles.  The construction traffic through Indiana was ridiculous!  So, needless to say, we arrived in Michigan at 3:00 AM, only to discover that there is a 1 hour time difference - it was 4:00 AM.  Ah, who needs sleep!

Despite the ordeal to get there, we had a WONDERFUL time.  The cottage was great and the lake was beautiful.  We had purchased fireworks on our way back from the Dells in Wisconsin, so Sean (my little firebug) was in heaven setting them off from the dock.  

We all rode the jet ski (the girls LOVED that), as well as used the paddle boat.  We went out on the "party barge" the night of the fireworks and watched everyone setting them off around the lake.  We had a great time and will probably go back in mid-August for another get-away.  Two family weekends with no errands, no phones, no TV.  What a thought!