Swan Song

   We've been gone for about 10 days on a working road trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula.  This is  our last business trip because PH is finally really going to retire.  This trip was sort of our swan song.  It's a LOT of driving from where we live and all through the U.P. so I go along for the company, scenery and to keep PH in snacks and iced tea while he drives. 
   The Upper Peninsula is a different world from the lower peninsula.  For me/us it's a nice place to visit but much too secluded to live there.  For us, anyway.  But you can't not appreciate how beautiful it is.
     Knowing this was our last trip there we made sure we ...

 stayed at our favorite little motel  (three nights)

 routed our trip to make sure we were here on Tuesday

for the best pasties you'll ever eat

 discovered new places

 woke to beautiful sights

 discovered new restaurants

 ate apples off the rogue apple trees that line the Garden Peninsula

 walked a few beaches

 stopped to appreciate

and decompressed at the end of the day.  It's a tough job!