Fall Get-Away Weekend

I haven't seen my sister since my dad passed away five months ago. So we planned a little get-away weekend with my mom, my sister, and I in northern Michigan at Boyne Mountain ski resort this weekend. None of us ski; the location was chosen by my mom because she saw a TV commercial of someone riding the chairlift at Boyne Mountain during the fall color season and thought it would be a fun thing to do - and it was! It was so nice to be together with the three of us again. 

Since the fall colors are arriving in Michigan a little later this year, we didn't see a lot of colors in the trees. But we had fun riding up the chairlift anyway - the scenery is still beautiful. It was their "Skitoberfest" weekend (Octoberfest for skiers), so they had a lot of activities set up on Saturday. We enjoyed the various food/drink booths and the street performers. We also did a zip line, which was pretty fun.

We drove to Boyne City in the morning and found their Harvest Festival going on as well. We sampled coffee and cookies, checked out the craft tables and farmers' market, and did a little shopping in the downtown stores.

A fun weekend together!

Sunset on the way up north - God's artistry!

The trees in the parking lot were colorful.

Going up the chairlift

Looking back at the resort from the chairlift

It's windy and cold up there!

A little bit of fall color in the distance!

SKI-toberfest - they brought in snow!

the zip line ending platform

Mom getting ready for her zip line adventure!

Melanie ready to zip line!

Mom and Amy on the zip line platform - almost ready to take off.

Amy (left) and Mom (right) zip lining across the pond.

Melanie and Amy on their second zip line ride.

We did it! FUN!

our hotel at Boyne Mountain

more fall color

Going up the chairlift one more time on Sunday morning; mom is behind us.

LOVE these people!

Toby also got a little vacation as he spent the weekend with my friend and her dog, Jack. Thanks, Jodi, for the text and picture updates!