Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just after 9:15 p.m. in "The City" and I'm back. Yes, we had a great four-day vacation in a cabin located in the Manistee National Forest, about 100 miles north of the manse. 

The cabin was everything we'd hoped for and more.

We have a Small Craft Advisory in effect from  St. Joseph to Manistee until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. The NWS forecast calls for wind speeds of 30 knots and wave heights from four to six feet. 

Our current temperature is 55° according to my DTWS, with the NWS reporting winds out of the north @ 10 mph. causing it to feel more like 50°. Our overnight low-temperature tonight will drop to 49°, while tomorrow's high-temperature will rise to 58° with a forecast low-temperature of 47° after the sunrise @ 8:15 a.m. and well before the sunset @ 6:40 p.m.

I had a terrific P/T session today, which followed a great deal of walking at that aforementioned cabin on 20 acres in the Manistee National Forest. 

We were just down the road from the Bear Track Campground, near the small town of Irons, MI. 

The campground is closed to campers for the season, but that didn't stop us from taking some great pix.

The brook was babbling and easily heard with no background noise. 

A nice photo of the waters as they flowed past these fallen trees. 

These teps were as steep as they seemed, at least to me.

I'll include more pix in future blogs, but as PT. Barnum once purportedly said, "Always leave them wanting more."

At any rate, we hiked the nearby trails to the tune of over 10 miles, up hill and down. That being said, I guess that I'll include another couple of pics of our visit that shows the trails we followed. 

So much to see in a very tranquil setting. 

More scenic than any picture can depict.

Tomorrow, is the annual football game between the Michigan Wolverines and the MSU Spartans for the bragging rights over which is the best college football team in Michigan. Personally, I'm rooting for the Spartans because I adopted them when we moved here ten years ago. The game between the 7 - 0 Wolverines of Michigan and the 7 - 0 Spartans of MSU kicks off at Spartan Stadium at noon tomorrow. I know where I'll be. Mary will probably join me for part of the game, but I suspect that she will soon be upstairs cross-stitching on her latest project.

Is that enough for one day? Yes? Ciao.