Marquette 2004

August 28 & 29

We enjoyed a wonderful trip to beautiful Marquette, Michigan! Ellen, Kelly Zartman, Jenny Poe, Phil and Vikki Davidson made the trip. Amy stayed home to get Shayna and Austen ready for school. Amy did take time to snap some new photos for our enjoyment. Amy's dogs managed to keep cool in Southern Michigan!

Lumidee & Diesel beat the heat!

We drove north early to spend Wednesday night at the Old Mill Creek Campground in Mackinaw. Our camp site included a view of the Mackinaw Bridge. On Thursday, we shopped the city of Mackinaw. So many quaint shops with lots of temptation to buy. Our favorite store is Thunder Bay Trading Company. If you are ever in Mackinaw City, be sure to stop and shop. We crossed the bridge Thursday afternoon and headed for Marquette on the north west coast of Lake Superior. Beautiful fall colors .... brilliant red, yellow and orange leaves made for quite an August show! On Friday, it was 85 degrees .... 1st time since June 8th that the temps were in the 80s. On Saturday, the temps took a dive! It was 53 degrees all day Saturday, with choppy water in Lake Superior! We had planned a trip on the glass bottom boat to see shipwrecks in Lake Superior, but the lake was too rough and too cold. Saturday found us in winter coats and hats!

Jenny Poe enjoying Old Mill Creek Campground in Mackinaw City.

View of the Mackinaw Bridge from our campsite. The Mackinaw Bridge connects the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan. It is the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere. The Mackinaw Bridge is 5 miles long.

Crossing the bridge!

On Saturday evening, the Marquette Kennel Club threw a barbecue with door prizes for the exhibitors. The food was delicious and the entertainment lots of fun. Thank you to the Marquette Kennel Club for your hospitality!

Between shopping and site seeing, we did manage to show our dogs!

On Sunday, Thornapple Jose Cuervo took Winners Dog

and Thornapple Oceans Of Diamonds took Winners Bitch and Best of Winners.

Jose need 4 points to finish and Mattie needs 2 points.

Thornapple Oceans Of Diamonds "Mattie" handled by Vikki Davidson

Erika Prince won her Open Senior Junior Handling class Saturday and Sunday

with Ch Thornapple Seminole Wind. She also took Reserve Winners Bitch on Sunday with Thornapple Sweet Magnolia Wine.

Erika showing "Keziah" in Open Senior, Junior Handling.

On Sunday, we packed up and headed for the Lower Peninsula. We camped at Magnus Park on the shores of Lake Michigan in Petoskey, Michigan. A full moon set at sunrise over Lake Michigan to conclude a great weekend! On the way home, we shopped our favorite "up north" pottery store, Sturgeon River Pottery, in Petoskey. Everyone found something they just had to have!

A full moon sets at daybreak over Lake Michigan in Petoskey, Michigan.

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