Little O certainly developed a love of the beach and digging holes in the sand became a hobby of his.
We also spent our usual amount of time downtown at the best (and now only) coffee shop in town, Goodies. We were happy to find out that the ice cream shop (also a Jelly Belly retailer !) was still in business, and we dragged Aunt Karen down for a treat...
We almost made it to our friend Nadeem's wedding in Canada, which just so happened to coincide with our stay in Michigan. Unfortunately, it would have been somewhat difficult to get there and moreover, we had a family get together out on Bear Lake at Janet & Greg's place.
This is where we got some beautiful photos of Little T jumping off the pier into the lake (admittedly, the water was not particularly deep, so she looks perhaps a little more fearless than in reality)
It was so nice to spend time with the extended family (including a fun few days in Muskegon with the cousins, who were very kind to let us stay). Little O certainly enjoyed himself and took a real shine to Uncle Mike (although perhaps was slightly biased as he was allowed a tractor ride or two !!).
Manistee was also undergoing a lot of construction work, but rather than being a negative aspect of our stay, was good for one little boy (not me !) who could stand in the street all day, just watching the large diggers at work.
We were as distraught as ever when we had to leave and say goodbye to Manistee, Michigan. Until next year.....
On our way home, we did stop again in San Francisco (don't ask why.... the peculiarities of air flights !!). During this brief visit, we had a look around the Museum of Modern Art, which we all enjoyed. Little T wanted herself photographed in front of her favourite piece.
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