We had some good friends join us, Jim and Dale Gallagher flew into Chicago, then drove up the Michigan west coast to find us in Traverse City, a very nice town, renovated downtown area, with great shops and eateries. We met up with some looper friends from Traverse City and had dinner with them. We went on to Northport, then Leland, once again very picturesque towns, with a lot of summer homes and lots of little lakes and waterways. This east side of Lake Michigan also has beautiful sandy beaches all along the coast. I did not expect to find that at all. Our friends from Traverse City, came and picked us up in Leland and took us back to the rental car. (These are the type of great people we have met while boating). We spent the day driving around Sleeping Bear National Park, a beautiful area with huge sand dunes.
Bob and Jim took the boat on to Frankfort, so Dale and I drove the car to meet them (we did manage to get in some shopping and lunch).
Frankfort, another delightful town, is where the Gallaghers left us to head back to Chicago and fly back to Denver. We sure enjoyed having them, as we do all our visiting passengers. They did a lot of driving just to spend a few days with us. Next time we hope they can stay longer.
