Today we headed back to Detroit, which meant a long car ride, but we stopped at Mission Point and walked around a little. Manning a lighthouse would take a special kind of personality that didn't mind isolation. I think it would appeal for a short period, but the years that the operators would live there would be wearing.
Jon happened to look up those ships we saw sailing the other day, and found that they are in Traverse City Harbor, and open for tours! They are replicas of the , and SO cool!
We decided to pay the fee and get to go aboard them and it was so fascinating.
They travel the world with volunteer crews that man the ships. They come into harbors and let people tour the ships. They are available to answer questions and there is a lot of information there on the ship about how things were in the days of Columbus.
We took a ton of pictures, but this one shows how tiny Columbus' private "quarters" would have been on such a small ship. Literally not even enough room to sit upright, and cramped sleeping.
It was an incredible experience that was completely unexpected!
We FINALLY got back to Detroit and decided to head over to the beginnings of the Dream Cruise! There were SO MANY cool cars, but my favorites, besides this pink cadillac, were the turquoise ones!
Someone was passing out these cool Woodward stickers, and we managed to snag three for the girls.
We have missed them, and although we have talked to them on the phone every day, and have loved this trip, we are excited to get home to them tomorrow and get down to the business of real life and establishing the new normal.
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