Ludington, Michigan

I hadn't been to Ludington for awhile, and it was lovely. Kimmy spontaneously invited us to go stay with her inlaws overnight on Labor Day weekend. 

We parked at her inlaws' house and walked to the beach. They are less than a mile from Stearns Park! The water was warm enough to swim and the sand was white and beautiful. Kimmy's five kids and my one kid had a great time. The older boys walked to the pier, we made sand castles, we played football, we jumped the waves, we sat our chairs in the water - all the fun beach things to do. We stayed for the whole afternoon - no sunscreen and no sunburns because it's September!

We got all ready and drove downtown to eat at Andy's, which was such a cool place. It has a rooftop area with a glass floor, so when you're up there you can see the people below, and when you're on the bottom floor, you can see the people standing on the glass! Very fun. 

They had a level with a golf simulator, and we spent time in there, playing and watching the kids play. We tried to pay, but there was nowhere to pay and everything worked. I'm sure it wasn't free, but it sure felt like it!

We ate dinner there and then had dessert at a shining star spot in Ludington - House of Flavors. This is a famous and wonderful ice cream shop with fantastic ice cream. The line was out the door! We knew they closed soon, but they told us they just stay UNTIL EVERYONE IN LINE IS SERVED. That was nice.

We went home and Charli and Chandler put on a skit, which made me laugh so hard. 

Then we watched Western Michigan University get absolutely robbed in a football game. The sports world united against unfairness and cheating and U of M, and everyone loves WMU even more, which is the only good that I can glean from the incident.

Kimmy and I got up and walked to a bookstore coffee shop called Book Mark. We sat outside in the sun and drank our great coffees, and then we walked back. On the way we stopped to watch the S.S. Badger, which is a giant car ferry that goes between Michigan and Wisconsin. It was so huge and impressive, cutting through the water.

Max and I ate the delicious breakfast buffet Kimmy's mother in law made, and we went back home to cover the pool - signaling the end of summer. What a great way to finish it!