This past week we took a four-day mini vacation and headed up to Crystal Mountain in northern Michigan. We normally use our timeshare for vacations, but this time we rented a condo (got a steal by renting directly from the owner vs. through the resort, paid less than half of the price), and holy moly - if we only vacationed here for the rest of our days, we'd be some very happy cats. We stayed on Mountain Top and literally were the only people there for most of the time. It's the 'off' season right now, which is laughable since it was so incredibly beautiful, how can it possibly be "off"? Anyway, we hung out and relaxed. That's about it. We enjoy simple pleasures, such as babies sleeping in their own rooms and watching movies on a big screen TV. And looking out over miles and miles of trees and not hearing any traffic, sirens, or trains. I grew up skiing at Crystal, so walking on the slopes that I skiied on every week through grade school and high school was so much fun. Great memories.
Pretty nice digs. It was more like a three-level townhome - two bedrooms on the lower level, living area on main level, master on the top level.
We had just arrived. Excuse all the junk.
The view from our balcony. The boys LOVE when we have a balcony to play on!
I could wash dishes looking out this window for the rest of my life.
Baby playing on porch. :)
I took the boys out for a walk at the top of the slopes (if you are familiar with Crystal, we were situated at the top of Giggles between Cheers and what used to be Main Street and is now a snowboard run). We walked to the top of the chair lift and explored the wooded slopes.
From the top of the Main St. lift looking back to the condos at Mountain Top.
An after-dinner walk down one of the wooded slopes.
Another bonus was that we were only about 20 minutes from my family's cottage ("the farm"), so we headed over there to hang out and have a picnic one morning.
Walking to the pond
Our beloved pond :)
Luke + the raft = a dangerous enterprise. He WILL launch face-first into the water without a second thought.
This pic is for you, Aunt Ginger. LOL
Walking back to the creek. Last time we were at the farm, Levi 'found' a watermelon in the creek. He couldn't figure out why there weren't any more watermelons there.
Grandma and Grandpa Stamy's memorial
Our last evening: sunset walk overlooking the Betsy Valley. Pure Michigan.
Probably the highlight of Luke's vacation: taking a bath in the huge tub in the master bedroom.
Yet another bonus: a vacation that is close to Grandma and Grandpa's house! Levi playing in their yard before we finished driving home.
Well deserved good time...Glad it was so good...Love the pictures.
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