Bekah's Bits: Travel Thursday: Cold, Rain, and Boats

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Travel Thursday: Cold, Rain, and Boats

Remember when I started telling you about some of my favorite memories of our annual birthday trips? Remember when I told you about the tulipless Tulip Time Festival? Remember when I told you about the snowy Wisconsin adventures? Well, when the time came to plan our fifth annual birthday trip, we wanted to try another little town in Michigan, but we didn’t want to freeze. So we pushed our trip later into May and…froze in a rainy mess the entire time we were gone. Sigh.

Our trip was crafted around a little gem I found on Pinterest: a boat and breakfast. It remains one of the coolest, most unique places we’ve ever stayed, and it’s still in business, so if you’re going to Saugatuck, check it out! This tip wasn’t the only time we formed a whole trip around the lodging, but it was one of our favorite fun finds.

Here were some of our favorite parts of this trip!

· We visited another lighthouse – a favorite trip adventure of ours. This one was in South Haven, and we almost had it entirely to ourselves, since it was so gross outside.

· Fun fact: The lighthouse had just undergone a huge restoration that involved 52 gallons of red paint.

· We found an old-fashioned drugstore that sold nightgowns. Like nightgowns from days of yore.

· We loved our Boat and Breakfast. Even though there were other guests staying in other rooms, it was quiet and felt so private.

· We went to a pie tasting that was so good – but I still remember how badly we were treated! The restaurant was also a winery, and because we did not order wine, we weren’t treated quite as kindly. (This has happened to us other places, too.) Despite that, the pie was SO good. And it was cute. I dearly love cute food.

· We had ice cream at Charlie’s and dreamed up a dream of one day owning our own ice cream shop. It’s unlikely that this will ever come true, but we had fun dreaming about it.