What's That? A SUN??

I forgot to tell you yesterday that while we were hanging out in the living room of the boat Saturday night (so I could finish Sunday's blog post), I got a text from a friend of mine back home that said, "Be safe."

Uh oh.

I texted back (knowing I did NOT want to hear the answer), "Ummmm I'm on vacation. What's happening?"

Tornado warnings. Boy I'll tell you what. Not much scares a boating vacationer more than the thought of a tornado. Because, incidentally, where DO you go in a tornado when you're on a boat?

Fortunately the storms didn't leave any damage at our place, nor did they travel to Saugatuck. But we were awakened at a very dark and early hour Sunday morning to a pretty spectacular thunderstorm. (And that is when I became very impressed that even in all that, the boat didn't move.)

Know something else impressive? Breakfast. Sally outdid herself with her berry cream waffle. Oh my word. Here was the thing that amazed me about it. Normally when I eat a waffle, I feel stuffed when I'm done, but then an hour or two later, BOOM, it wears off completely. Hers did not. We stayed full all morning and into the afternoon! Well done, Sally!

After breakfast, we said our goodbyes, packed up the car, and headed out for our final activities before coming home.

Our former neighbors spent an anniversary in Saugatuck and recommended Pumpernickel's Eatery. They're only open 8-3, and you can see that our mornings were well supplied on the boat, so we had to devise a way to enjoy it without forfeiting Sally's cooking! We stopped by after we left the boat and each picked out a baked treat to bring home. Man, our neighbors weren't kidding. That was one tasty cinnamon roll!

The weather app promised the skies would clear, so we headed to the Saugatuck Dunes State Park to do a little hiking. I have to say, I was pretty surprised that the majority of the hiking was done in the woods like a regular state park. I was expecting to actually hike the sand. But even though I was surprised, it wasn't disappointing. Very pretty, actually, and serene! Not too many people out and about!

But thennnnnnnnnnnnn...it came out on the edge of Lake Michigan!

We walked up and down the beach for a while. Loved it!!

Ummmmmm....is that BLUE SKY over there?

In fact, it was blue sky. That's right. ONE HOUR before we left Michigan...BOOM. Sunny and 70.

I am so not even kidding.

 Shut. The. Front. Door.

So that's how we came home to a gorgeous, sunny, Sunday, after a perfectly cold and rainy birthday trip.

Welcome to Shafferland.

And for your viewing pleasure...a little bit of lake love.