October 21st
Sherrie drove up yesterday afternoon to come hang out with us. Yay!
This morning it was finally calm enough to investigate the beach.
Look! Almost no waves!
This very picturesque drainage rock fall thing.
There are two other children in this photo, but you can't tell.
SMOOoooooooth with a capital SMOO!
We decided to go to Virtue Cider to try their cider.
Mums!
Cider barrels!
Virtue Cider's ciders. We tried all of them.
Spirit Springs (6.7%) - Tart, grassy, and dry.
Lapinette (6.2%) - Cheesy, earthy, and musky.
Elder Hall (6.0%) - Smokey nose, sulfur, sour, maybe lambic like.
Publican (6.9%) - Barn fresh nose (polite way of saying manure), soft, slightly cheesy.
Percheron (5.5%) - Spiced, woody, grassy, and a bit cheesy.
Cherry Mitten (6.5%) - Spiced cherry, pie like, cinnamon, and warming.
Prince Hal (6.2%) - Minimal nose, grassy, and slightly sweet.
All in all I don't think anyone was crazy about any of the ciders. The Cherry Mitten was probably the favorite. Brendan was sad there was not kid friendly cider. I think we all felt that way after the "Barn Fresh nose" cider. Side note, the Publican was designed to have that smell.
Why? I don't know.
After the cider experience, we headed out to South Haven to explore what was there.
Spirit Springs (6.7%) - Tart, grassy, and dry.
Lapinette (6.2%) - Cheesy, earthy, and musky.
Elder Hall (6.0%) - Smokey nose, sulfur, sour, maybe lambic like.
Publican (6.9%) - Barn fresh nose (polite way of saying manure), soft, slightly cheesy.
Percheron (5.5%) - Spiced, woody, grassy, and a bit cheesy.
Cherry Mitten (6.5%) - Spiced cherry, pie like, cinnamon, and warming.
Prince Hal (6.2%) - Minimal nose, grassy, and slightly sweet.
All in all I don't think anyone was crazy about any of the ciders. The Cherry Mitten was probably the favorite. Brendan was sad there was not kid friendly cider. I think we all felt that way after the "Barn Fresh nose" cider. Side note, the Publican was designed to have that smell.
Why? I don't know.
After the cider experience, we headed out to South Haven to explore what was there.
We found a causeway to walk down. Everyone decided to be silly.
We think this scaffolding thing is so you can get out to the light house at the end of the causeway in the Winter when weather is very bad.
South Haven Lake Michigan.
We found a playground, which everyone enjoyed until my mom called to say she was almost at the cottage. Then we headed back to Pancake Town for dinner. After dinner Kevin and Danielle packed up the kids and left us to drive across Michigan to get home.
This concludes our adventures for today.
