Vacation from your problems

As in the movie "What about Bob?" I decided to take a vacation from my problems, or more correctly a vacation from my hotel room! I drove up to the town of Traverse City, which is a few hours away Grand Rapids. It is on the shore of Lake Michigan and reminded me of Santa Cruz or Carmel as it had plenty of local shops and seems a vacation destination for people here.

The hotel rooms were a little more expensive than I thought, but it was nice to see the lake and the sailboats above. I ate dinner at the Mackinaw Brewing Co. and stayed at the Traverse Victorian Inn (as it was one of the only places that had a vacancy.