2nd Annual Trip to St. Joe, Michigan

We loaded up the van and drove the 3 1/2 hours to St. Joseph, MI after Chris finished work yesterday.   We rented a 2 bedroom villa that was basically right on Lake Michigan.  (We couldn't see the lake from our unit, but could if we walked about 10 feet on either side of our deck.)

There was basically a private beach at the complex.  We loaded up the wagon to head down to the beach.  We had to convince Brendan that it wasn't a good idea for him to pull the wagon and his sister all the way down...the path was quite steep!

 The view was certainly worth it...granted, it's not Florida, but still hard to beat!  :)

After some fun at the beach, a nap, and some dinner at our condo.  We ventured into St. Joe for some ice cream.  :)   Katelyn of course had pink ice cream and Brendan had "rainbow" or Superman ice cream. 

 Brendan with his "freight car" walking thru town.   After getting our ice cream, we walked to the bluff overlooking Silver Beach as well as the train track that goes through town.  The kids of course enjoyed looking at the tracks and waiting for a train. 

 There are lots of sculptures throughout downtown St. Joe. 

 This was a shop window on the way to the ice cream store, Kilwin's.  The kids were fascinated by the minature ferris wheels, caroseuls, etc. in the window. 

 Katelyn liked the pirate.  :)

 I think that Brendan just wanted to try out his sword.