Mr. & Mrs. Dan & Ashley Leow!
The cake was pretty (and tasty). Check out that topper!
Gram & Grampa Leow (middle) had a fun time, too.
Pat's parents and sister had brought home a couple cuties the day before Dan's wedding. This is Wendy & Frank's puppy, Bo.
Pat's parent's puppy, Kivi.
Wendy & Sue enjoying the puppies. Kam didn't want to be left out, so she also had to be in the photo.
It wasn't too difficult for Pat to be won over by the puppies.
The puppies were so cute!
Later during the weekend Pat's dad let us take out his new toy.
I think I could handle getting one of these! Too bad Pat's dad didn't agree that we should just take this one home.
On the way back home we couldn't resist stopping for a view of the Mackinac Bridge.
The Golden Gate has nothing on this bridge.
Parasailing looked fun, but unfortunately we didn't have time to do that. Maybe next summer.
One of my favorite views.
A stop to view the bridge wouldn't be complete without seeing the lighthouse!
Pat was nice enough to stop so we could get a quick pic of the Manistique lighthouse.
The next stop was to Palms-Brook state park to see Big Spring. The last time we had been here was not too long after we first started dating. Big Spring is Michigan's largest freshwater spring.
The natives called it 'Kitch-iti-kipi,' which is apparently 'big spring' in the Chippewa language. The Chippewa legend is that young chief Kitch-iti-kipi's girlfriend told him to show his devotion to her by rowing out into the middle of the pond to catch her when she lept at him from a tree branch. The pond was named for the chief after he got hypothermia and died in the pond in an attempt to meet his girlfriend's wishes. Men, what fools ;-)
This duck was enjoying the nice day in the pond's crystal clear waters.
Anyone have a fishing pole? John Bellaire discovered the spring in the 1920's and liked to fish here for obvious reasons. He eventually sold the site to the state of Michigan in an agreement with the Palms Brook Land Company for $10 in 1926.
You can see the spring water gushing up from the limestone fissures below the pond bottom at 10,000 gpm.
The park has a raft that moves along a cable to allow you to get a full view of the pond.
The cake was pretty (and tasty). Check out that topper!
Gram & Grampa Leow (middle) had a fun time, too.
Pat's parents and sister had brought home a couple cuties the day before Dan's wedding. This is Wendy & Frank's puppy, Bo.
Pat's parent's puppy, Kivi.
Wendy & Sue enjoying the puppies. Kam didn't want to be left out, so she also had to be in the photo.
14 year old beagle Seska was wondering where another one of these puppies had come from. I'm sure she remembered what happened last time when puppy Kam had shown up!
We had fun watching Kivi playing in the yard. She ended up playing peek-a-boo with herself when she stopped from a full run to have a look at a stick.
It wasn't too difficult for Pat to be won over by the puppies.
The puppies were so cute!
Later during the weekend Pat's dad let us take out his new toy.
I think I could handle getting one of these! Too bad Pat's dad didn't agree that we should just take this one home.
On the way back home we couldn't resist stopping for a view of the Mackinac Bridge.
The Golden Gate has nothing on this bridge.
Parasailing looked fun, but unfortunately we didn't have time to do that. Maybe next summer.
One of my favorite views.
A stop to view the bridge wouldn't be complete without seeing the lighthouse!
Pat was nice enough to stop so we could get a quick pic of the Manistique lighthouse.
The next stop was to Palms-Brook state park to see Big Spring. The last time we had been here was not too long after we first started dating. Big Spring is Michigan's largest freshwater spring.
The natives called it 'Kitch-iti-kipi,' which is apparently 'big spring' in the Chippewa language. The Chippewa legend is that young chief Kitch-iti-kipi's girlfriend told him to show his devotion to her by rowing out into the middle of the pond to catch her when she lept at him from a tree branch. The pond was named for the chief after he got hypothermia and died in the pond in an attempt to meet his girlfriend's wishes. Men, what fools ;-)
This duck was enjoying the nice day in the pond's crystal clear waters.
Anyone have a fishing pole? John Bellaire discovered the spring in the 1920's and liked to fish here for obvious reasons. He eventually sold the site to the state of Michigan in an agreement with the Palms Brook Land Company for $10 in 1926.
You can see the spring water gushing up from the limestone fissures below the pond bottom at 10,000 gpm.
The park has a raft that moves along a cable to allow you to get a full view of the pond.
It is hard to believe the pond is 40 feet deep.
After all our stops, it was time to get back in the car and head for home.
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