October 2010 – Page 2 – Our Family Adventure

Family Vaca Part II

So, we all survived the first night in the Bates Motel and after breakfast went out exploring. The weather was beautiful the entire trip (ranging from the low to mid 70s) and the leaves were changing. We walked along the water to Colonial Michilimackinac and played by the beach. After lunch we headed back to the hotel and swam. The reason I had chosen this particular hotel was due to the neat waterpark and pool (obviously I should have read some reviews on the actual rooms). We ended up in the pool area for over two hours and we were the only ones there, so we had it all to ourselves! It was great and Ajax had an excellent time swimming and climbing over the structures.

After swim-time we decided to head to the upper peninsula. We did a bit of exploring in the UP and climbed Castle Rock, which is a neat rock formation that overlooks the great lakes. There were a lot of stairs and Ajax did about 90% of the climb himself. I only carried him the last bit because it got so steep I was nervous. We did dinner in St. Ignace and then went back to crash for the night.

On the beach –

Swimming –

Since we were the only ones in the pool area we turned off all the water features for the water park, as they were just a little too intense for Ajax. He liked it just fine with no splashing or spraying.

The UP and St. Ignace –

Zombie Walk Detroit

Today was a quiet day around the house. I did some laundry and basically bummed around. I should have gone grocery shopping as we have no food in the house. Ajax was glad to be home and ran around the house playing with his toys and asking for yap-ples (apples). When we were up north he kept demanding apples and then when I would cut one up for him, he would take a bite and then toss the rest at the dog. Darn kid.

We hung around the house till 2 today and then headed to downtown Detroit for the 2010 Zombie Walk (Dave is actually doing their website). There were hundreds of zombies in Detroit today and Dave was in seventh heaven. Ajax did great and even learned a new word, yes – Zombie. Ajax wasn’t phased at all by the undead mass and was actually quite entertained by it all. He said hi to everyone and waved.

There was of course a Lions game so we ended up getting stuck between the zombie walk and the game letting out. Since the crowd was so massive we decided to eat dinner downtown to waste some time. Before our meal came I took Ajax to the restroom to wash his hands and there were three zombies in there. The first thing Ajax said when he saw them was – Zombies! The women were very impressed. Next year we need to dress up, lol.

Yes that is red on his face. He got bloodied.

Family Vaca Part I

We are home from vacation and I must admit it was quite nice to sleep in my own bed last night. I’ll be posting our trip in parts, since we did quite a bit!

We hit the road last Saturday for Mackinaw City. From our house it was about a five or six hour drive. Ajax did wonderful, simply wonderful! We were a little concerned as car rides have not been his favorite lately, but honestly we couldn’t have asked for a more well behaved child. We stopped for lunch and then stopped at a rest area to stretch our legs. The rest area had a little nature hike up to a scenic overlook which was nice. Ajax was quite the adventure baby and refused to hold my hand up the trail.

We got into Mackinaw around 5-ish, checked into our hotel and then wandered into town for dinner. We found an excellent pizza joint and then did a little window shopping. Our first night at the hotel was a bit rough as Ajax woke at 2:30 am and then basically refused to go back to sleep. By 6 am Dave declared that the Indish family was up for the day and we got dressed and went to breakfast.

I guess we can’t really blame the kid for waking up, the hotel was horribly creepy. Now, I’m not saying it was the worst hotel in the world, just the worst I have ever stayed in. Dave agreed that it was also the worst he had ever stayed in too. I didn’t do a very good job researching hotels in the area and made a snap decision regarding our accommodations, this obviously was a mistake. I beat myself up for a while, but Dave assured me that this was how family memories are made and we would never forget the horrible, creepy, and downright scary hotel that I made my family sleep in.

At the rest stop-

This is the only pic of the hotel room I took, Ajax kept moving the Bible around to different drawers.