We always stay at the wonderful Terrace Inn where we trade yard art for free Sunday night stays. Patty is just the coolest innkeeper we've ever met, and she works harder keeping this Victorian treasure clean and tidy than any of the hired help. Every room has its own unique antique quaintness.
We love this area, bordered by Little Traverse Bay, because of all the wonderful hiking and biking trails. On this visit we discovered two parks we had never before visited---the Bear River Trail system right in Petoskey and the Thorne Smith Nature Preserve north of Harbor Springs, just past the Tunnel of Trees. Below John is looking out over a misty magical pond and wetland in that preserve and I am posing alongside a beautiful piece of driftwood with the Bay in the background. After leaving the preserve we continued north to Cross Village where we caught the sunset. All in all, a fantastic time complemented by perfect weather.
