Wrapping Up in Petoskey

Our autumn visit to Petoskey is quickly drawing to a close. Before we hit the road, however, there were a couple of things I wanted to do.

Mom had mentioned a few places where she wanted her ashes scattered. We did scatter most of them overlooking Little Traverse Bay, but she did ask that they be scattered in Little Traverse Bay. And dad had asked that his ashes be scattered from a plane over the Straits of Mackinac where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet. Unfortunately, the pilot who was to do this passed away before dad so I'm improvising... In any case, to try to come close to granting their wishes, yesterday I clambered over some rocks to get to Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay at a spot directly in line of the home and shop where my folks lived, worked, and raised their family.

Navigating the rocks

Mom

Dad

The Bay

And today, Taz and I set out on another wet and blustery run to catch a few more glimpses of this most beautiful locale that I just can't seem to get enough of. Taz was not too thrilled with the wind and rain, but the crab claw snacks he found along the way seemed to keep him pretty happy.

Taz, a bit damp & wind-blown
wondering what his human is doing out here

Looking from the docks over toward our house - blue sky peeking out

Looking from the docks back toward town

Looking from the docks toward Petoskey State Park (& sand dunes)

Waves over the breakwater on another magnificent Autumn day on the Great Lakes