Drummond Island, MI

We visited my parents in MI this past week. And since 11 ½ hrs of driving wasn’t enough, we thought we’d hop in the car for another 5 ½ and make it an even 17 hrs driving North with 3 kids.

We drove to Drummond Island, which is in the Upper Penninsula near Canada. Or, for the Michigan natives, we went Up North. Growing up, my family would go to DI every summer for extended periods of time. My sister and her boys have been hiding out on DI for the past 6 weeks while their house is on the market. The only thing worse than their 11 hr trip, is trying to show a house with 4 napping boys. So we gathered our ‘cold weather clothes’ and joined them for fun.


It was kid paradise. My parents have their cabin rigged up with every outdoor toy a kid could dream of. In Cameron’s words it was “totally, totally, totally awesome!”


 Tubing with Aunt Stephie was Jackie's favorite part of the trip! She kept signalling to Grandpa to speed up while Steph wanted Grandpa to slow down. I think they both laughed the whole time they were tubing. Steph even convinced Jackie to try to water ski!


A typical day on DI: oatmeal prepared by Grandpa, riding up and down the hill in the tractor and/or golf cart, berry picking along the road (w or w/o multiple bee stings), swimming in Lake Huron and playing in the sand for a few hrs, lunch, naps, jet skiing, tubing, swinging, riding 4-wheelers, dinner, frog & turtle hunting, campfire and s’mores, fall into bed. Somedays, we added in fishing.

 As many of you know, Lucy is not a fan of the water. Grandpa and Grandma were able to coax her in after a few days and she did great!

  Lucy was initially petrified of the boat and water and did an amazing job overcoming her fear!

 Lucy and Cameron loved fishing! Cameron caught a little fish, but it got away before he could reel it in.

 Jackie's version of fishing is very similiar to mine!

 Jackie thought it was the coolest thing to be able to drive Gma and Gpa's golf cart. She wanted to give everyone rides.

 When it was time to travel back to NC, the kids were so wiped out they napped a huge part of the drive. And I was thankful! It was a great time visiting my family and wonderful to see all the cousins having so much fun together!