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    An appropriate greeting for arrivers at the Traverse City airport
    Tired after flying Amsterdam to Chicago, then Chicago to Traverse City1The Hesler Log House at Mission Point1The Mission Point Lighthouse1Rosie at bathes her ankles Mission PointA panorama looking out from Mission Point toward Lake MichiganView of Grand Traverse Bay from the Jolly Pumpkin brewery/restaurantRosie enjoys the view from the Jolly PumpkinThe Old Mission Inn. I expect that diners will be better fed than were these horses and people...Crikey! Even the kids...4Canada geese on Lake Boardman, Traverse City, MI

    Sep 30: Traverse City with Rosie

    September 30 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 19 °C

    Yesterday, Rosie had breakfast with friends in Amsterdam and cherry sparkling bubbly and potato crisps for a late dinner with me in Traverse City. What an international jetsetter!

    But she's here to join me on the next stage of her (and my) adventure as we embark on "45 North" to voyage from Michigan down to Chicago and the western rivers, thence the Gulf, and back to Florida.

    Today, we got her cell-phone squared away, went out for a drive on The Old Mission Peninsula, had lunch out there at The Jolly Pumpkin, and came back to TC for a 4-mile walk around Lake Boardman. A good introduction to TC for Rosie before we board 45 North on Thursday and set off out of Grand Traverse Bay to commence our adventure.    Read more