Tawas Get-away

Bob & I by the AuSable on our getaway

Bob & I took a spur of the moment overnight

trip to Tawas City the end of August. We finally

had a beautiful summer day. It was a little

cool but not bad. We went to some antique stores

in town & walked out on the pier. The next day, a

Monday we drove up to Oscoda & took River Rd.

inland along the AuSable River. There's supposed

to be a lot of bald eagle nests along the river &

we were hoping to see one.

We stopped at a couple turnouts & at the Lumberman's

Monument, Canoer's Memorial & Iargo Springs.

Really a nice trip with some beautiful scenery. Looking down at the AuSable

Bob tries his hand using the lumberman's tool at the

Lumberman's Monument.

View of the river from Lumberman's Monument.

Bob enjoying the view from one of the

roadside parks.

We were very excited to see a bald eagle at the

Canoer's Memorial! It was fairly easy to see & we had

also brought binoculars. It was neat to watch him

ride the wind currents farther up into the sky.

Iargo Springs was very interesting. They had

board walks all through the woods so you could see

the springs as they flowed into the AuSable.

There were 282 steps down (& up!). I'm glad

we didn't know that before we went down

or I might not have attempted it! We counted

on the way up. Thankfully they had resting spots! :)

It was worth the effort.

the view

Boardwalk through the woods

Another view of the river

I thought it was cool to see how the river

winds through the woods.

Metamora Days

Every year Metamora has an end of the summer

Metamora Country Days celebration. There are

crafts, a petting zoo, car show, parade, etc..

Tim, Cody & Egan met us in town to watch the parade.

John, Heather & the boys met up with us a little

later but caught a little of the parade. Very small town

but fun. I worked at the library used book sale so

I didn't get any pictures of Owen at the petting

zoo. He rode in a horse cart. The weather wasn't the

greatest. Part of the celebration is a hot air balloon

festival. It's really fun to watch them fill up & float

away. We went up to the balloon field to watch

but the weather was too bad for them to go up. :-(

James, Amanda & kids had come up for that so

instead everyone came over to our house to hang

out & eat pizza. Flag bearers at the beginning of the parade.

Bagpipers Egan waving at the people in the parade.

Have to have some tractors!

Bob, Owen, Tim & Cody

Papa & Owen

Lapeer West marching band-I always wished

I could have played drums in a marching band!

The hounds from the Metamora Hunt Club-

it's amazing how well trained they are.

Owen & Egan had a great time playing in the

tall grass while we were waiting to see if the

balloons would go up.