Harbor Springs Here We Come

Downtown Harbor Springs, only 10 miles by bicycle from Petosky. We decided to lunch it there. We peddled passed the marina to join the paved path heading opposite from yesterday. Very soon we are riding passed homes standing proud on either side of the street since the mid to late 1800's. The ornate details are just amazing. The porches are huge with lot's of chairs and room for family and neighbors to hang out. Perhaps it was a less complicated time before we were all wrapped up in ourselves and electronics?.

  Can you imagine how much work these homes are? I guess you have to love to work on them just like Ron and I do our boat. Most are registered with the historical society and have names...some might be B &  B's or rentals. I take a few pictures and intend to look them up later. Who knows...maybe we'll get to come back sometime on wheels? One really cute home features both a Sparty flag and U of M banner...it was on a hill and did not stand exactly straight up...the name, "the tiltin hilton". Had to chuckle on that one.

A rest is in order by the time we get to The state park which will mark five miles with the last two being uphill. We share an apple and water and continue uphill another mile before we are tempted to have lunch at a chop house on US31. Great choice!
The family owned restaurant has been handed down and grandchildren now run the place. From the cars in the parking lot you see it caters to a good crowd of local and regulars alike. Homemade soup and half sandwich is to die for. Our waitress is of course a college student...cute as a button and quite sweet. We relax and enjoy...I think we'll have to go to Harbor Springs another day.....

OK, it's time to admit our defeat and ride back to the marina....we are happy that we made it to the outskirts of Harbor Springs even though we did not get all of the way to their downtown. Maybe on the trip back home we can stop for the night at their marina?
Traverse City cherries are selling for 6.00 a pint at the local market....that's as bad as bing cherries in February back home. We do pick up some delicious sweet corn that you know you can only get during great Ohio/ Michigan summers..yum. They are right up there with local tomatoes, which, by the way, we have not found yet.
Permission has been granted for us to use our grill on the boat, so, Ron cooks up a small steak for dinner while the sun is setting over the big yachts at the end of our dock. There is a "lights out" tonight from 10:30-11:30 for watching the meteor showers. I get up and out twice, but miss the show. Too many clouds.