Kelleys Island or Bust!

We were lucky enough this past weekend to have an impromptu vacation on Kelley's Island when Bonnie and Neil's renter's canceled last minute at Cedar Cottage.  They asked if we would like to use it and, with nothing else really on the agenda we snagged it up!  And what a wonderful mini break it was!

*if you click on the pictures it will enlarge them

This trip was worth it, if only for the ferry ride alone.  Jackson was sooooooooo excited!  He could hardly contain himself!  The picture of Scott holding him captures the energy perfectly.  Look at that smile!

The next morning Little Man and I woke up for a nice quite time, letting Daddy sleep in a bit.  Jackson loved walking behind the big curtains and I captured some cool pictures of his shadow.  They remind me of illustrations from the book The Little Prince or Peter Pan listening to Wendy's stories.

Then I had to take the boys to see the Glacial Grooves.  These amazing cuts and "grooves" in the stone were created by the Glaciers 10,000 years ago!  They are the most famous glacial grooves in the world.

Off to the beach.  The sand here is so soft and the water is super shallow.  I can actually walk all the way out to the buoys and have the water be right under my waist.  Jackson prefers to play in the sand.

Hi!  I'm just playing around with the camera, waiting for the boys to finish getting ready for the evening....

After the beach and a nice long family nap, we got ourselves cleaned up for a night out on the town.  Dinner at the Village Pump of course, then a game of Mini Golf, dancing to the fun live music, and watching the boats come in.

It was very cute watching Scottie teach Jackson how to play Put-Put.  He'll get it in time- he's got a great teacher!  We got a kick out of how when we "weren't watching" Jackson would pick up his ball and move it next to the hole so he cold hit it right in.

Then of course we had to have ice cream!  

It was such a great day.  Unfortunately Scott was feeling a little under the weather, but considering it was so relaxing and laid back he was still able to enjoy himself.  Gotta love Island life.

The next morning after breakfast we just had to let Little Man get wild at the playground.  He was just dying to check it out!

He had such fun and has gotten so brave.  He will try out everything now, with no hesitation.  He has become a PRO at climbing!  Anything there to climb up, he scurries up it nothing flat.  Jackson is getting way too big!

Unfortunately all good things must come to an end.  But at least we get to end our fun trip with another fun ferry ride!  We were so hot and sweaty!  It was a scorcher on Sunday- *phew*  Thank goodness we got splashed a little bit by the waves.  It felt great!

Thank you Bonnie and Neil for giving us a vacation at your beautiful cabin!  It was a wonderful time- can't wait to go back!