"Friday's Drive to Traverse City"

Last Friday dawned as yet another beautiful day during my visit in MI. My daughter, Claire, who now lives in Washington, DC, flew back to MI Thursday, to attend a wedding in Glen Arbor last weekend. Glen Arbor is just west of Traverse City, MI, so we made plans to get together for lunch on Friday before she had to leave for the wedding festivities. She'd spent the night up in Petoskey, with my younger son, Sean, so they were able to have a short visit, too. Unfortunately, Sean was not able to meet us in TC as he had work commitments.

The drive from Brethren to Traverse City was beautiful. I truly believe that I hit prime color season last week.

The colors were absolutely gorgeous.........

Abigail was able to get in a short power nap, too, during the drive up to TC. Daughter in law Julie was able to get off from work a bit earlier than usual (Friday's are her days in Cadillac, otherwise, she'd have been in TC already) and was able to meet Patrick, Abigail, and myself in Mesick, MI, leaving her car there.

My "kids" in downtown TC, after lunch at Mackinaw Brewing Company.

The Boardman River runs through Traverse City (which we had to cross from where we'd parked) and the Salmon were "running". We, along with several others, stopped to watch the huge fish in the river.......

Abigail checking to make sure Mommy is watching......

A view of the Boardman River towards the east. Not too far from where we stood, it flows into West Bay, which is part of Lake Michigan.

A view of the Boardman River coming from the West. It actually flows North to TC, then swings towards the West running parallel with Front Street (the main street going through downtown TC), then does a "U turn" back towards the East before flowing into West Bay.

Here is a photo of one of the many Salmon in the river.....

To be continued.....