Escape to Boyne Mountain, Part I

As part of my month-long birthday present, Mommy took the family on a vacation — also thanks in part to our friends Scott and Elena giving us a gift certificate that they could not use. It was a quiet two and a half hour drive north up 131 to Boyne.

As this trip could be described with terms such as “hotel room,” “indoor/outdoor pool” and “water park” I decided not to bring my new camera, so we’re stuck with iPhone pics, sorry folks!

One of our cute pieces of luggage included this adorable little girl! See this image larger.

Our room had its own fridge, as Ian pointed out many times, with or without a camera present. See this image larger.

This is why I love my iPad… Ian needed to sort of calm down and do nothing for a bit, so we watched an episode of one of the shows he likes over WiFi. See this image larger.

Nina bundles up for our post-dinner outing. See this image larger.

Dinner included a one-woman band — Ian was infatuated with her guitar playing, and she noticed him pretty quickly — she flashed a big grin when he applauded before anybody else. See this image larger.

That night, smores by a campfire, brought to us by Boyne Realty… you can live next to a big mountain where it is colder than polar bear spit for just $70,000! See this image larger.

And then a good-night story (provided by the hotel!) with milk and cookies! While we listened and watched, there were two milk accidents, and I’m proud to say that neither of them belonged to my family. See this image larger.