Travel Blog
It’s that time of year… the sun goes down a little sooner, the night air has a chill, kids are getting ready for the first day of school, and Labor Day is just a couple weeks away. Though summer is drawing to a close, you know that fall on the Great Lakes is awesome. You might even look forward to fall for some cooler weather, brilliant colors, trick or treat, and fall sports. But no matter how fantastic fall is on the Great Lakes, there’s something special about summer...
A few years ago Daniel told Todd and I that one of his travel dreams is to see all of the water in the world and how it’s different. Todd and I LOVE the water and decided make this a family travel dream! When we set out to visit Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, and Lake Michigan in the summer of 2016, one of the things we looked forward to most was experiencing all the beaches.
We visited over 20 beaches on the lakes and rated all of them for sand, water clarity, size, access, atmosphere, and shallow water for swimming. What follows are our top picks!...
We love to have new experiences and are always thinking about what we want to do next and how to make it happen! Though we love taking steps forward, it’s great to look back sometimes… we learn from our experiences, understand how to make our future experiences even better, and celebrate how far we’ve come. Before closing the 2016 chapter, we sat down and thought about the year… 2016 started in Placencia, Belize and we anticipated one of our biggest travel years yet… what follows are our highlights…
Interested in a place that’s beautiful, relaxed, casual, welcoming, friendly, fun, and interesting? We are… these are the types of places we search for when we travel! We often find this vibe on Islands… would Manitoulin Island capture our hearts? Yes!
