Old Mission, me and him............................................

Just the two of us, I have to get him trained to go out now. Gerry is about to "retire" and I am determined to not just sit around the house and do nothing. If he is not working then he has to learn that we can do stuff together. Try to have fun. Whatever..........so, as I had sore feet from my adventure with Edna last week I was not up for walking. I wondered if there was still Cherry Blossom out on the Peninsula.
It is called Old Mission Peninsula and divides East and West Grand Traverse Bay. It used to be full of Cherry Orchards. Now it has been taken over by Vinyards. Oh my, you should see the huge mansions being built out there.
Anyway, the views are good even though the sky was rather hazy.


Everything was lovely and green, but blossoms gone. There are Apple orchards towards the end of the Peninsula and other fruit orchards. We saw workers in the strawberry fields, but by far the most now is devoted to Hops and Grapes. I can not count the number of new Wineries.



There are three main roads that dissect the Peninsula, one either side and one up the Middle. We normally go up the middle and come back on the West side but this day we took the branch off on the East side. That takes us right into Old Mission. A very small "town". Actually all that is there now is the store and mission.

So much lilac on the old farms

Lovely country roads

I had not intended to eat out but I was telling Gerry about the fantastic Reuben Sandwiches we got when I took Gabby. So we stopped and went inside.It has been many years since Gerry was there. He enjoyed looking around and of course he wanted a sandwich.




The place was bustling so it was quite a wait for the sandwich, but, bread from the oven and made especially for us. No fast food here so be patient. They are busy and it's worth the wait. Lots of folks came for ice cream.
Gerry waiting patiently.

It was well worth it. We could only eat half so Gerry enjoyed his other half later that evening. I still have my other half


I do not usually eat meat so that was a very special treat and I apologize to my bovine friends. Once in awhile I do give in to temptation and I am sorry for that. I am weak.
The ride back was probably more comfortable than it would have been if we had finished the rest. Phew............Bowers Harbour on West Bay

People enjoying their boats. Something we will probably never do now, not at our time of life. I don't think we would have the money or equipment.

A nice crop of Dandelions in this orchard.


It was a very nice afternoon. We didn't get out at the lighthouse. My feet too sore and a load of people. Prefer these places when we have them to ourselves. It is the beginning of our summer once Memorial Day comes around and then it's tourist all over the place, more every year. Sigh but it funds our local economy. As they say, the rich get richer and the poor can no longer afford to live here. The taxes now push out the locals from places they have had for years and in come the wealthy to take over and change everything that was what made the place attractive. Lucky for us it's just the beginning and our backwards sleepy town is no more but not yet quite completely spoilt, won't be long though.