Crystal Mountain

We traveled with John to his work conference at Crystal Mountain for 3 days.  His work, the Michigan Municipal League, invites all families to attend if they are able.  We ate all meals with the group and spent the "work" time playing, can't ask for anything better than that!

Hannah and I had a blast at the pool.  She loved splashing around and even took rides on the water slide with her daddy during his down time.  The weather was perfect, not too warm, but sunny and nice.

 

 

 

When John's work was finished on Friday, we decided to add a night to our stay and enjoy some family time on our own.  John's boss tipped him off to a very private beach along Lake Michigan so we drove the 20 mins away to check it out.  You drove down a dirt road about 4 miles and then it opened up to the beautiful views you can see in the pictures below.  

It was pretty windy along the lake and the water was about 60 degrees, a very drastic change from the warm pool water we had experienced earlier.  Hannah enjoyed walking in the sand until she touched the cold water, then she was done with it.  

 

 

                                 

Here you can see Sleeping Bear Dunes in the far distance.  It was slightly overcast as well, so I wonder how much more clear we could have seen the dunes.  It was a perfect little spot, one we will be sure to check out again this summer.