We left at 10 a.m. and got home at 6 p.m. In between, we found 5 caches, did cache maintainence at 2 of our caches, ate lunch at Boonedocks in Glen Arbor, and drove around the entire county of Leelanau.
The most bizarre happening of the day was finding the Brundage Wilderness Cemetery in Benzie County. This is a cemetery accessible only by two-tracks, and way out in the middle of nowhere. We strolled around looking at the grave sites, which were few and far between. The oldest I saw was Mary Brundage, who was born in 1853 and died in 1903. But the bizarre find was the grave of Dr. Thomas C. Hall, TCHS class of 1953 (my class, by the way). See above link. It was very strange just coming upon his memorial by accident. The whole city was aware of his death last year because his life was reported on in the Record-Eagle when he died of cancer. He had a most unusual life, and his resting place is also most unusual. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/tsphoto/benzie/brundage.htm
It is high tourist season, and the town of Glen Arbor was jam-packed. There were no parking places. I thought they should give out numbers and let a car enter the village when another car left. Many, many people were out walking around and shopping and eating at Boonedocks.
Leland was pretty much the same way - loaded with people. We drove down to the marina to admire the big boats that had pulled in. One of the boats could only be referred to as a yacht.
We enjoyed our day - it was a hot one. Thank goodness for air-conditioning.
