Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Summer Update (Part II) - the Murphey Cottage

Taz thinks this is a mighty fine beach
While growing up in Petoskey, summer almost always included a trip to my Aunt and Uncle's cottage near Sleeping Bear Dunes. Built in the late 40s/early 50s, the cottage is now grandfathered into what is now the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - and is now owned by my cousins. It was our great luck on this trip back to Petoskey, that my cousin John, his wife Marcie and their daughter Ava happened to be at the cottage - so once again we were treated to a summer trip to The Cottage. A great visit with great folk!

PJV, Marcie & John at The Cottage












Last summer, the cottage was the site of John & Marcie's son Kelly's wedding. As part of the wedding preparations, they built an outdoor pizza oven. It makes some extraordinary pizza - and it's a very fun process getting to the finished product. Another treat for this year's visit!


Step 1: Build your individual pizza with all your personal favorite toppings
 











Step 2: John, master pizza baker, preps the oven for pizza entry

Step 3: Watch those pizzas bake - very fast!!!












The finished product. Yummers!


The grand finale' (clockwise from bottom left: John, Ava, pjv, Kendall, Marcie)





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