Fall Study Break

I cant believe it. It’s the last day of my Fall Study break, which marks the midpoint of this semester. Boy, does time fly.

Anyway, I spent the first two days of my break up in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. There were five of us, four sophomores and me the old senior. Don’t ask how I got into that sort of arrangement. But no complaints here.

We left Ann Arbor at about 6am in the morning and headed straight to Traverse City. We were told by a few brave souls who dared venture there that it was a nice place to visit. About 30 minutes away from Traverse City is a pretty interesting natural phenomenon called the Sleeping Bear Dunes. It’s one of the 380 places in the US which is designated as a National Park.

We arrived at the Sleeping Bear Dunes at about lunch time. Boy was it something. After driving for so long through some nice autumn forest, we were hit with miles of sand dunes. It was as if someone just plunked a chunk of the Sahara Desert right in the middle of nowhere.

After hanging around for a while, and getting really sick of the sand blowing in our faces, we headed on to Mackinaw City. Our next destination is a tourist spot. Some small town trapped in time. It was peppered with cute little quaint houses and tons of places which sell fudge.

Mackinac Island, a small island 15 minutes off Mackinaw City was also one of the places which we visited. We crossed over to the island after spending the night in Mackinaw City. The island, which is only accessible by air and sea, was even quainter than Mackinaw City. There was not a car in sight. Only tourists on bicycles and horse-drawn carriages occupied the streets.

I managed to witness how fudge is made. Fudge is some kind of chocolate candy which comes in a variety of flavors. I walked out of a store with a pack of three flavors, costing me $15.00. MMMmmm….Good stuff.

We headed home at about 4pm and ended our journey with a good time of fellowship over dim sum at Farmington Hills. I was too tired and partly constipated to fully enjoy the rare treat. But I was more pleased with the photographic opportunity that my holiday presented me. Now to get the motors running for my exam this Thursday. Grrrr….