Bay View Farm

On Sunday, we left Boyne Valley after eating breakfast in Petoskey, a charming town on Little Traverse Bay. We then ate lunch in Elk Rapids, which is where my parents used to stay when they'd come up this way. Then a quick trip through Traverse City which is lovely.

We spent Sunday evening at my aunt and uncle's farm near Torch Lake. The farm has been in my uncle's family for more than 100 years. It is a beautiful old place, built in the late 1880s. We invited our friends Jason and Jenny and their two boys to join us for the night. According to my dad, Torch Lake was listed as the second most beautiful lake in the country. It is not hard to see why.

We explored the barn and climbed on hay bales. The boys set up a huge train track that snaked across the front room. Jason cooked an awesome dinner for us and all of the kids (and Jason too!) collapsed in bed by 8.

Jenny, Zack and I drank wine in the kitchen and talked but it was an early night. It had been a busy and full weekend.