Last weekend around 1 PM on Friday, we headed to the St. Joseph, MI area. Along the way we stopped at the Michigan Welcome Center and New Buffalo.
We stopped to take some pics at the beach in New Buffalo.
And then we were off to St. Joseph. As soon as we got there, we parked downtown, grabbed some hot chocolate and just started walking.
We made our way down to the beach and began the walk out to the lighthouses. We were on the wrong side, but at that point, we weren't sure how to get to the other side so we just went with it.
We then checked into our hotel, relaxed a bit, and took a cab to get some dinner and take in some night life! We ended up at really cool bar with an awesome band. They played mostly 90's alternative music, which totally brought Wally and I back to our high school days! And you guys, we stayed out until 1:30 AM - what?!?! We enjoyed ourselves!
The next morning we had a huge breakfast and then drove around a bit and made our way back to the lighthouse. Except, it was SUPER windy and the waves were scary so we didn't venture all the way out.
Next up was a tour, wine tasting, and dinner at Tabor Hill Winery in Buchanan, MI.
After a fairly early dinner, we headed back to the hotel. I was still not feeling 100% so I decided some dayquil and a nap would be good so we could enjoy the rest of our night. Well, I took some Nyquil by accident and was out for an hour and woke up with a terrible headache (probably because I wasn't really supposed to wake up yet, right?). I decided that a little caffeine would help and we were on our way to New Buffalo again, but this time to hit up the Four Winds Casino. We found ourselves wandering around for about an hour because neither one of us could pull the trigger and gamble our money away - ha! (Times have changed!) So we were just about to walk out and head to the car when I was like we can't come to the casino and not play anything. So we decided we would play $30 at the roulette table. Wally lost his $20 in about 5 minutes. I played on my $10 for nearly an hour. In the end, we didn't win any money, but I at least won our $30 back. It was fun!
Sunday morning we had breakfast, went to church, and decided to head home. Well actually we went to Toyland at Farm & Fleet. I know, seriously! But, we are basically done Christmas shopping for the kids so it was definitely worth it! Wally found it strange Christmas shopping in October, but I felt relief knowing that I at least had 2 people done!
All in all, it was a great anniversary trip and a much needed getaway for Wally and me. But we missed our babies and couldn't wait to see them! We have plans for a bigger trip for our 10 year and hopefully some more mini trips in between!
