January Winter scenes............

Friday was a somewhat sunny day and so we went for a drive. I just needed some sunshine and to get out of the house. Well we did go out yesterday, did some grocery shopping, got the poodles washed haha. Now they have to wear coats to stay warm. It was COLD. Not too many people on the roads once we got out of town. The roads were clear and just a little snow left to cover up the drabness. We are expecting a Winter storm this week, maybe we can get out again after that.
Had to take this shot, I usually do but love it, this is Suttons Bay.

Our first stop was at the Peddling Beans, we got white chocolate Mocha and a scone and a very large peanut butter cookie to eat that evening. They are all fresh baked locally I believe. Always a nice selection. They have a nice seating area with fresh roses on the tables but we didn't stay.

Decided to skip Leland and headed to Glen Arbor, stopping at Port Onieda hoping to see some critters along the way. We took a side trip down to Good Harbor Bay, Gerry was not thrilled to be on an unploughed road haha. No sense of adventure that one. Me and Laura never gave it a thought, Old Betsie always got us through. It was ccccccoooold.


We got out of there just fine but I figured we better stay on maintained roads. So next was the Lake on the Boardwalk we always stop at but nothing to see there

On to Port Oneida


The Beaver seem to still be busy and have cut down a LOT of trees. Don't they sleep in Winter??? Apparently not.


Not much to see so we continued on, I said "I suppose the roads up through the woods are out of the question?" hehe I was joking, they would not be passable in our van. Hey Ho so off to Glen Arbor we go
Wow no traffic, what's up with that. Usually packed with cars and pedestrians haha. Way too cold to be walking around.
It was good to see they are working on restoring the old mill and I can't wait to see what they do with that.

Nothing to see in Glen Arbor so on to Glen Haven. It looked so pretty, no one around except for one person walking their dog. A Husky, loving it. It was very windy and cold, I put my coat on to get out that time.





We headed to Empire next, passed the Dunes and saw a couple of brave souls had ignored the wind and climbed up.


We passed Jo and Tony's house but didn't stop. It was beginning to snow lightly and I still wanted to stop at Empire. So far we had seen no animals, thought it was probably too cold. We saw a large herd of deer right in town, and then again on the outskirts of town where we saw them last year. First the beach though. I had hoped to get pictures of ice this day but the water was too rough. Still I got a couple of nice shots




The best though was the deer. We went into town on one of the small side roads down past the museum.

We saw deer.



They had their winter woolies on

we sat for quite some time watching them eat and cross the road right through peoples yards.

We decided to leave and let them catch up with each other although they hardly seemed worried. As we turned onto the beach road there was another herd. Had to stop again to watch. Beautiful healthy deer, it's not been a bad winter so far so they are not skinny and their coats look good.



Empire was not busy either, all shut up for Winter. No one on that beach either and I don't blame them but it was just so good to get outside I didn't care how cold it was.


So we headed home for me to make a tuna/salmon casserol for supper.

The dinner turned out well and we ate the peanut butter cookies for desert