11th Annual Birthday Trip: Perfect Picnic and Headed Home

 

We declared Traverse City to be the destination for our birthday getaway, but we hadn’t really explored too much of the city by the time we were about to head back home. So on our last night there, we decided to get a pizza, find a great spot in a park, and have a little picnic. The evening was sunny, breezy, warm (but not hot), and it was just the most perfect time to have a picnic!

            We found a local pizza place and ordered our dinner, and while we waited, we walked around the downtown area. 

We ended up stumbling upon this local coffee shop and bakery called Morsels. They sell bite-sized cakes and really good coffee. We ordered a half-dozen sampler of the morsels and each ate three – and we got some coffee, too. We stayed at the coffee shop for a moment, enjoying the view from their patio, and when our pizza was ready, we picked it up and headed for a park.

            This part of downtown Traverse City overlooks the Grand Traverse Bay, and there are some beaches and marinas in that general area. We found a sprawling willow tree and put our blanket under it so we could eat dinner while watching boats float by! We were there for almost two hours, and then we decided to walk down toward the marina and explore what we could find there.

            What we found was a yacht. It would probably take up our entire lake and 20,000 times the money we have, but it was sure pretty!

            The sunset was gorgeous out there, and we thoroughly enjoyed our walk. Couldn’t think of a better way to end our trip!

            The next morning, we packed up our things, made a final stop at Biggby, and then traveled home to Indiana! It was gorgeous the whole way until we got home, and then it was cloudy and rainy. Think that means we should have stayed on our trip?

            Loved our time away so much. It was a refreshing time of rest, memory-making, exploration, and joy.