Vacations close to home!

Living in the Midwest, we did vacation close to home. One vacation was to Marblehead, Ohio on Lake Erie. This is the Bed and Breakfast we stayed at.

We also went to Put-in-Bay, an island in Lake Erie between Ohio and Canada. Many important naval battles were fought on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. Here you and Allison are at the Put-in-Bay fort with a soldier dressed from that time.

We also went to Michigan! Here we are at the beach in Petosky!

And then we traveled to Mackinac Island. Here is the Grand Hotel!

Chicago became a big city destination that was close by. We even visited Glen Ellyn, a suburb your mother lived in for a year when she was in grade school. This house is where she lived!

If you remember, on that trip we went with Grandma and drove through Notre Dame (South Bend) and spread Joe's ashes over his mother's grave. We saw someone coming so we all got on the ground and spread the ashes out! We later washed the ashes off of our hands in Lake Michigan. That was memorable!