I returned from my final vacation of the year. This was our annual excursion to Alpena, Michigan.
Northern Michigan is one of the prettiest places on the planet during the summer and, though Alpena doesn't have all the natural beauty of the Lake Michigan coast and it's partly marred by industry, it's still a pretty place with two rivers winding through it and Lake Huron resting all along its east side. One of my sons has referred to it as a "paradise . . . three months out of the year."
