My parents rented a 9-bedroom house in Petoskey for a week for all of us siblings and family. We had 8 adults and 7 children--8 and under. It was a lot of fun--we had great weather, and the house was right on the water. We had access to a beach, playgrounds, bike trails, tennis courts, and hiking trails.
The house was an old boarding house built in the 1800s. It had a lot of character, and the kids loved playing hide-and-go-seek. We had plenty of room to spread out, and even had an extra bedroom.
Playing on the beach near the house.
Swimming out to the dock
You can see our house across the street, on the right.
We rented paddle boards and kayaks one day.
Cousins!
Time for popcorn!
We all went to Mackinac Island one day, and biked around the island. Paul made it the 8 miles on his own bike!
Bike break for some rock climbing.
His own store on the island!
Another bike break to play in the water and search for stones
Lighthouse photo from the ferry
Roasting s'mores by our house.
Looking for Petoskey stones
One day we went to Torch Lake. Rachel and Jonathan biked half-way there, and we picked them up.
