Meandering Michigan

​  We left Ohio and crossed into Michigan and drove a few hours before we found an RV park to stay at in Monroe, with a cute lighthouse theme.

  First thing, a man drove up on his bike and knocked on our door.  Turns out it was our doTERRA friends, the Janssens, who had recognized our rig as we pulled in!
  What are the odds of being at the same RV park at the same time?  They also are on the road most of the time for their doT business!

  They blessed us with lots of tips, advice before we went our separate ways!  I love how the Lord works to bring people together.  :)

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​  Our first full day there was a VERY special birthday! Avery turned 8!  Little bitty peanut is growing up.  Her Momma is apparently having to grow up too, since I celebrated my 35th that day as well.  

Sigh.  

  35 sounds REALLY grown up!  Avery Lyn was the best birthday gift a momma could ever ask for, so it was still a day of celebrating! :)

  If you followed the 4 little Ferguson's blog, you know that on birthdays we don't do tons of gifts, or big parties.  Good thing, because we have had to simplify our traditions even more, now that we live in a small space.  
  However, birthday girls, or boys, STILL get to be the Queen or King of the day!!!!
 Everyone has to do your chores for you, and you get to pick where we go, what we do and what we eat!  There is always a LOT of talking and discussing what sweet treat they will pick since momma is a Sugar Nazi a lot of the time.  

  We found an AMAZING farm to table restaurant called Public House.  Everything was simply fantastic!

   After some free Strawberry Cobbler, we headed back to the RV for a swim before bedtime.  

  Before we headed into Northern Michigan, we did some classes, met some new friends at a park for a mini oil class and playtime. 

  Would you believe 4 little Ferguson's reader, Lauren wrote me about my Instant Pot, and we ended up talking oils.  
  When I asked her where she lived, because I was wishing I could get her to an oils class, she names a town literally 2 hours from where we were parked.  WHAT?!

  God is so good and He always works things out to the littlest details!  She is an avid oil lover and now joined my doTERRA Dorothy team!!!  I am thrilled the Lord brought us together like this at just the perfect time. :)

  Next, we got to stop and see my friend from our Central Christian highschool days.  Meet Tara and her beautiful family!  One of my kids' favorite things about living on the road, is getting to make new friends in every state! :)  Paxton is still talking about his new "fwiend", Landes.

  We headed towards Indian River and got all set up and went into Makinac City for dinner.  The locals told us the food was just as good as the Island, but cheaper.  Score!
 
  We are cutting the fat this summer in order to pay off some recent debt from shed house, rv sales tax and surprise tire purchases, so we decided to skip the $100 ferry over to the island this year.   We WILL be back and we will get it done!
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  This didn't stop us from having a really nice time in town walking through the quaint little town with lots of window shopping, fudge and fish dinners.  We also dipped our feet in our first and favorite Great Lake, Lake Huron.

​  We loved the Lake so much, we decided to pack up the next day and spend the afternoon there.  Michigan was having record breaking highs of 90* and the next day was supposed to be a high of 74*, so it was perfection!  I want to post all of these seperately, but I know that I can't. Please take a minute and watch this slide show. The water was crystal clear and shallow FAR out into the water!  Absolutely a highlight of our trip....

  Everyone kept talking about Bumpy Cake, so before we pulled out a few days later, we made sure to go find some!  OH am I ever glad we did! 

  We always try to eat the local culture and explore what the town is best known for.  Apparently this originated in Detroit and has swept the southern region of Michigan with its popularity.  Its a fantastic, moist chocolate cake, with "logs" of buttercream down the top, and then covered in a lovely chocolate glaze.  It was, roll your eyes up in your head, good!

  Tomorrow, we pack up and head up to the "U.P."!  

​ Stay tuned.....
Hugs, T