A desperate lengthening of days
Tuesday, August 9, 2005Yesterday was our last vacation day. Woke up; eggs and cheese for breakfast; state park beach in the morning; read more book on the sand; heading for home. Home? Who ever wants to go home from vacation? While laying on the beach we concocted a scheme to extend the trip a bit… and add one more national park to our belts before our annual pass runs out (next month). After lunching on the deck with Lonnie we hit the road at 2:30 and headed for Traverse City and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. 
It was a great stop and worth the extra time… we haven’t ever seen so much sand in one place. And we got there as the day was waning, so everything was bathed in an evening shade of mystery. We didn’t stay for sunset. As it was we didn’t get home until one in the morning, and four plus hour drive felt like a real crawl. Just as a note… Tim Horton’s is a good bet if you ever need coffee after midnight while on the road.