Hi friends,
The summer vacation season at our house started with a bang! My sister and her family of six kids ages from 3 to 13 took the multi-day drive out to visit us for a week. The house was packed with fun and chaos: board games, park days and, of all things . . . bald eagles?!?
My brother-in-law did some browsing on the internet and found the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge just a few hours drive from us. He treated us to a boat ride with an awesome tour guide who had grown up on the river, poking into all its corners as a kid. He filled the three-hour boat tour with stories and fun details on all the wildlife there. We saw a beaver near its damn, a deer climbing out of the water, muskrats swimming, and tons of water birds including some beautiful herons.
But the highlight of the trip was the bald eagles. We took the boat down a side inlet with huge trees on either side and above us, so many bald eagles were flying and swooping into the trees. So cool!
Too bad I didn’t have my zoom lens, but still gorgeous!
And this is another lesson to take more time to explore the area I live in. After close to twenty years here, I still had no idea this amazing preserve was within driving distance! 😀
How about you? Have you discovered some hidden gems to visit where you live? And if this is your vacation season, I hope you’re able to find something enjoyable and exciting to do with the ones you love!
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Misty’s Writing Update:
We capped off my family’s visit with a two-day trip to a waterpark for lots of slides, swimming and fun.
The house is now quiet again and most of us are catching up on sleep. LOL.
Do you have to recover from your vacations, too?
Next week, the outlining and designing of my new litrpg series starts, with the magic system, leveling, spells, and groups of elemental monsters high on the list for brainstorming.
Should be a blast!
I hope your June is going well and life is treating you well!
Happy reading this week!
— Misty 🙂
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