We started our day at the fog shrouded Central Beach.
Two old girls walking the beach.
Karen & Ken, the Puerto Rican & the Texan.
Some fine drift wood art on the beach
This butterfly was probably trying to stay warm on a chilly morning.
Two French dogs with a part Lithuanian, part Romanian, part German, part Polish girl...Chrissy, Roxie & Oslo after a dip in the lake.
Now here's where the day takes a very strange turn. We found this broken stone marker with Alamo 1894 1/2 carved into it. Ken decided to show his pride for his home state of Texas by posing with the Alamo marker that somehow washed up on the shores of Lake Michigan.
Another view of the driftwood artwork.
Another view of Ken.
Oslo shaking what his mama gave him.
Our polar bear, Oslo
Karen & Ken hoping not to fall into a sinkhole. The next beach over is Mount Baldy which has been closed for months after a young boy almost died in a sinkhole on the dunes. All the dunes at Central Beach also had "Area Closed" signs on them too.
We stopped at a used car lot on Route 12 with an interesting sales pitch. Each car had the name of it's country's leader the year it was made.
Ken wanted to buy this Rolls Royce, it was the first one he's seen that he could afford.
Easily the nicest station on the South Shore Line.
After the dunes we headed to Frankfort for the Fall Festival which included a huge craft fair, food and beer.
Here's Karen sporting her new hat that she just bought.
After the Frankfort Fall Festival we headed to what Ken called a Mexican BBQ. It turns out that while working in Detroit, he became friends with Noel Garcia from Chicago. Noel invited him to his family BBQ when Ken said he was going to visit us in Chicago. We might have been strangers when we arrived but six hours, many beers, some incredible Mexican food and a few tequila shots later...we were family. This was truly one of my favorite nights of the year. A big thank you for an amazing night to the Garcia family and friends.
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