4th of July Weekend Away

The beautiful Ludington beach and a view of the lighthouse and pier

Over the 4th of July, Keith and I were able to take a quick trip up to Ludington, where my parents live. It was nice to get away from the Grand Rapids area for a few days.

On Thursday afternoon, my mom's stove broke, so they decided instead of trying to fix it, they would replace it. Since there is only one appliance store in the town, Saturday, they ended up driving up to Manistee to shop for a new stove. Mom was able to get the one she wanted, with what she wanted on it.

Friday, there was a 4th of July parade, which my dad and Keith ended up going to. There was also some fireworks at night, which Mom and Dad went to. Keith and I stayed home and watched some fireworks on television that was being broadcast from Washington, D.C.

Saturday, after Keith and Mom and Dad had gone to Manistee to shop for a stove, we had a cookout on their patio in the backyard. It was just a nice relaxing time together.

Sunday, we left as early as we could to return to Grand Rapids to get a head start on beating the all the traffic going back home. Since there were about 40,000 people at a music festival in Rothbury, we didn't want to get caught in all that when we returned home. Thankfully, we were able to leave at a decent time before any of that traffic was leaving Rothbury.

All in all, it was just a really nice weekend and time away.