So I started to write this blog last night…however woke up 4 hours later realizing I never completed a single sentence. So…now I sit here at my laptop putting together a summary of what all took place Day six of our road trip.
Day six which was Tuesday was more of a relaxing day for Tory and I. The previous days were filled with lots of driving, events, meetings and so on. So it was nice to kind of just unwind and enjoy Michigan a bit.
I had never been to Michigan before so Tory showed me around the area. We visited some of the local restaurants for our meals, walked downtown Grand Haven and went over to Lake Michigan which was pretty cool since there was snow on the ground and parts of the lake were still frozen.
We then drove over to Grand Rapids which was about forty five minutes away. Here we visited a coffee shop/ music venue that is Christian owned. The guy working there showed us around and told Tory and me a brief history of the place and shared his passion behind starting up this business in not the safest part of town. He wanted to be the light to a hurting city. A positive place for people who are burnt out, lost, seeking and just want some good coffee and listen to music.
After visiting this location we headed back to Spring Lake to meet up with Tory's aunt and cousins for dinner. The place was called Sams Joint. Its a popular eating spot that has been there for quite some time. I got ½ racks of BBQ ribs with fries. Yum! Tory got a burrito which also looked pretty tasty as well.
After dinner Tory thought it would be fun to go over to the local state park where we could see the huge sand dunes and hike to the top to see the lake off in the distance. This was really cool. I felt like we were in the movie Narnia with the snow on the ground and walking through the woods. During this venture I made a snow angel too. I mean…who wouldn't take advantage of this opportunity?
By this time the day was winding down…so what better thing is there to do than get ice cream! Last night was opening day for Miss Lisa's a local favorite. It is a tradition for many families here to go to opening day at the ice cream stand. Tory, Josh (Tory's cousin) and I all went and stood in line with 20 other people and got our fresh ice cream. It was sooo good! But…did I tell you it was 25 degrees outside and we were getting ice cream and eating it outside… so if any of us come down with pneumonia you could probably trace it to this moment in our road trip.
Once we finish that we headed back to Josh's place and just crashed for the evening. It was a good day.
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