REVISITING TRAVERSE CITY

After our brief stay at the hospitable Renswick compound, we made our way on to Traverse City where we stayed at Traverse Bay RV Resort. We stayed here two years ago and loved the area so much that we wanted to return to visit some of the friends we made here.  This time we only had a month to renew our old friendships and make new ones.

SITE #89 AT TRAVERSE BAY

LYNN AND ANNE

GAIL AND DOODER

BETSY AND BENJI

DICK MASON

 CATHY

AND HER WONDER DOG, BUDDY

JIM AND EILENE

BILL AND CAROLYN

A DAY ON THE WATER:  SAILING LAKE CHARLEVOIX AND LAKE MICHIGAN

THERE WERE SO MANY NEW FRIENDS, BUT FOR SOME REASON I DIDN'T GET A PICTURE! MY APOLOGIES TO JUDY, NEIL, JERRY, FLO, AND MOLLY;  JEFFERY,  PAULETTE, AND FRANK AND BETTY!!  LYN DUNN, YOU WEREN'T IN THE PICTURE WITH YOUR WIFE, BETSY!  WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN NEXT YEAR!!

During our month of July, the Cherry Festival was in full swing; Moomer’s, our favorite ice cream place was still in business; The Weathervane in Charleviox still made the best French Onion Soup and had the best view of the lake and boats for an afternoon lunch after sailing.  Hoxies was still making that wonderful Cherry Bread, and the downtown area offered us the shopping and dining we remembered.  The Old Mission Peninsula gave us afternoons of wine tasting and scenic panoramas of the lake country.  We love the area so much that we plan on going again next year and staying most of the summer!  

JULY IS CHERRY FESTIVAL TIME

MOOMER'S WITH BILL AND CYNDI

Our friends Bill and Cyndi were also staying in the area of Bay Harbor during our stay in TC.  We got to spend some time with each other in Traverse City and in Petoskey shopping, sightseeing, and dining! 

BILL AND FRANK BOUGHT KEENS

SHOPPING IN PETOSKEY

LUNCH AT APACHE TROUT GRILL

A FAVORITE: APACHE TROUT GRILL

CYNDI AND BILL VISIT OUR PLACE

WE VISIT THEIR PLACE AT BAY HARBOR

A VISIT TO THE LUXURY RESORT HEARTHSIDE

AN OLD FRIEND THERE, JERRY!

TRAVERSE CITY AND THE OLD MISSION PENINSULA

FILM FESTIVAL TIME IN TC

LAKESIDE IN TC

BUYING WINE AT BOWERS

FRUIT OF THE VINE

OLD MISSION PENINSULA

THE JOLLY PUMPKIN

LELAND AND FISHTOWN

FISHTOWN IN LELAND

SHOPS ALONG FISHTOWN

FRANK SURVEYS THE MARINA

DOWN BY THE RIVER

WE ENJOYED OUR STAY AND WE WILL RETURN!!

If you would like more detailed information on the area of Traverse City, take a look at the 2008 blog entry and go to July.  There are several entries to browse.