Frankfort, MI


Sand dune scenery on the way to Frankfort. Dunes are everywhere along the coastline.


Jacobson Marina was where we stayed in Frankfort.


Another newness at a grocery store, an alphabetized list of suggestions mounted on your cart to jog your memory of items you may need with what isle they are located in.



When I was 12 we went to Monahans, Tx and climbed the sand dunes.  I have always wanted to go visit other sand dunes but who would think that I would travel all the way to Michigan to find them.  There are miles and miles of them on the East shore of Lake Michigan. These are referred to as the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore Dunes.



Look above my hat in the pic below....that is Dana climbing a sand dune.  It looks like she is standing on my head.  We couldn't have planned this better if we tried!!


I look like I'm surveying the waters we had traveled on the day before.





That's Dana and me on the shoreline in the picture below taken by Brent from atop one of the dunes.




Docktails with other Loopers!


Cookout after docktails with Bucket List, Texas 2 Step, and Misty Pearl.  



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