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Mission to Michigan: Kennedy XV--Getting to the UP

Ethan has been asking for a family trip to the Upper Peninsula for about ten years now, and we made it happen in 2026! After Hannah's and my trip to Copper Harbor three years ago, I figured it was as good a time as any for our entire family to visit.  It must've been divine inspiration that I found the cabins I did because I don't remember the moment I found them or what research I did into it all (which is usually mountains of web pages and price comparisons).  We spent the week at Fresh Coast Cabins which has an official address of Copper Harbor, MI, but the camp really sits in between Eagle Harbor and Copper Harbor along the northern coast of the Keweenaw Peninsula on Lake Superior. I love the cabins.  Each one is different, and they really just sit alone in the forest.  Copper Harbor feels much more like a Sedona situation or even a cruise ship dock--more people there with a "white trash" kind of feel (I probably shouldn't write that but I'm hoping it ...

Spain, Day Six--The Capilla and Getting Locked Out

 Our last day in Grenada.  Hard to believe. Glo's request for the trip was for us to visit the chapel where Isabella (Queen Isabel de Castile) and Ferdinand were buried: the Royal Chapel of Grenada.  To her credit, she arranged the tour and everything (for which I was very thankful).  Tours aren't usually given of the capilla  so she had to arrange a private tour. We checked out of our AirBnb and actually got the cars out of the parking structure easily.  It was the first time I had seen them tucked away, and to Mark and Trevor's credit, they had parked them perfectly.  We found a parking structure fairly close to the capilla  which made me question if we could've driven everyday....but where's the fun (and steps) in that? We met our guide (literally can't remember his name), and we were off.  Just standing outside, waiting to get in, Glo pointed out the F and I running around the structure, something I wouldn't have even noticed.  Can y...