Winter Time Fun in Northern Michigan

We woke up early and got our morning chores completed so we were actually on route by 9:00.
We did our usual Traverse City stops; Sam's club, Meijers and Wal Mart~gathering supplies, food and sundries for a weekend houseful of guests at the Korner Kottage Bed and Breakfast.

At last we were free to spend some time doing the fun things we enjoy most about winter in Michigan. With our fur friend~Nestle Quik leading the way~ we romped and stomped, running and puffing our way around the fabulous hiking trails on the Grand Traverse Commoms grounds. We figured we were out there a good hour and a half. We did not even begin to cover all of the trails. We didn't have our snow shoes or our xc skis or even our sleds...but we certainly could have. We just had on boots with our yak tracks and we had a blast.

We tackled the biggest hills we could find...Nestle of course beating us to the top as usual. She loves to play monkey in the middle and she is always the monkey, running back and forth between us, up and down the trails. She loves to be called and egged on from one of us to the other. Her end prize is a treat doled out from each of us at either end of her romp. She never seems to get enough. She will do this as long as we can stay out there. She tires, but she never quits. We always quit first.

It was a perfect morning, sunny and not too cold. There were others out taking advantage of the day and the trails, but the property is so large, you can have as much solitude as you like. We saw some kids with their parents using sleds on some of the really steep , slick packed hills. So fast and so fun on the trip down, but always a challenge to get back up to the top. We saw solitary snow shoe rs, some who were accompanied by their fur friends and some just enjoying the alone time.

Our plan had been to get back to Suttons Bay and then go to Body Balance to finish working out.....we didn't even need to. We had the best work out available...fresh air, running up and down snow covered trails trying to keep up with a frisky, fun loving 4 footed friend who just can't get enough of winter time fun. She gets us out in the winter and we are so glad she does.

Those who don't take advantage of the beauty of winter do not know what they are missing.