Our Weekend in South Haven, MI

As I mentioned in a previous post, Tony and I spent June 1-3 in South Haven, MI. We had a fantastic time! The only bad part of our weekend was all the calories we consumed :(  We stayed at a B&B that served amazing breakfasts so it was very hard to stay under calories, even with the amount of exercise we got. But we still logged every single morsel of food and we are both confident we ate less than we would have if we hadn't been logging. We were consciously thinking about our calories all day every day, which helped keep them down. Although the ice cream on Saturday was probably a bad decision in hindsight, but you have to live a little sometimes, right? :)

I'm going to share a few pictures as I share what we did during our visit to South Haven.

We stayed in a Queen Deluxe room at the B&B:

We went to the lighthouse at the end of the pier both Friday and Saturday nights to watch the sunset on Lake Michigan:

Friday (so cold!!! 48 degrees and windy)

Saturday (much warmer and actual sunset)

We walked through the Festival of Cars and ran into Tony's uncles, Jim and Jeff, showing off their 1965 Ford Mustang. They are the ones who got Tony into Mustangs when he was a kid [gee thanks, guys!! ;) ]

Tony with his Uncle Jim (Tony's mom's younger brother) and the Mustang

We tried to go on the Friends Good Will ship on Saturday, but they canceled all of their Saturday sailings due to the wind and high waves. So we toured the Michigan Maritime Museum instead:

 Tony standing inside the Evelyn S., a ship that is displayed out of the water

I'm a better height for that ship ;)

We went on the Friends Good Will ship on Sunday afternoon:

 The ship at port before we left

Tony on the ship while we were out on the "high seas" (Lake Michigan)

Looking back at land

Tony went on this ship back in 2005, when he was 24, and never felt seasick. Now that he is almost 31, he got a bit queasy and lightheaded during the sail. Thankfully, there was a very nice couple who gave him their extra (and not needed) chewable Dramamine tablet, and all was well! We were so thankful that this other couple we had never met before actually came prepared! Next time we will bring the seasickness medicine and ginger pills we have leftover from our October 2010 cruise.

On the way home, we decided to stop at Saugatuck Dune Rides to ride a dune buggy over some sand dunes! This was unplanned but we started talking about it on Saturday. I had been on a dune buggy probably 20 years ago as a child, but Tony had never been. We had a lot of fun:

The dune buggy

Riding down a hill

 Us at the top of a very tall dune with Lake Michigan in the background (the darker blue)

Overall, the weekend was fantastic! South Haven is now my favorite close by West Michigan coastal town. I loved it there. I told Tony that if South Haven had a Meijer store, I would consider moving there. But alas, they have a Wal-Mart and no Meijer, and that's just not going to cut it for me!! :) Our B&B, Victoria Resort Bed & Breakfast, was fantastic and we are already thinking of going back during the winter when the rates are lower and they offer special promos!

Thank you again to Tony for planning this wonderful Christmas present. I had a blast and got to discover a town in Michigan I had never been to!

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