Well, since Labor Day weekend and the Rennaissance Festival, both quite a bit and absolutely nothing has happened. We had a special Haunted Fort tour event at the island fort that involved Katie and I making really creepy noises and trying to scare those on the tour. The same night, we had celebrated the Mexican Independence Day fiesta at Ste. Anne's (all involving delicious Mexican food and avoiding salsa dancing on a full stomach).
The house had a variety of mini-events, such as a Chili Cookoff, expeditions to free food buffets in honor of Monday Night Football, etc. We had a surprise birthday "party" for Bruce (really just surprise ice cream), roasted marshmallows at the fireplace at the Gatehouse, and had multiple visits downtown for eating, music, and such.
Fall was fantastic on the Island, especially all of the leaves changing. I was really excited to shuffle through the leaves on my walks and spent the greater part of post-season craving hot cider. I had my little pink camera with me at work and compiled quite the collection of photos documenting the changing seasons from my little ticket booth window.
The final week on the Island featured a few hikes, the Fort Fright event at Michilimackinac (haunted house event that was hugely successful!!!), returning staff coming to play, and the Grand Hotel's island employee appreciation dinner. Just before leaving, it actually snowed a ton (well, a few inches) during an early snow! Now, however, I'm back in Lansing temporarily well I'm continuing the job search and am looking for a job with a museum or National Park Service (or the like)... But for now, here are some photos:
(photos: Fr. Rey, Katie, and some of Boyton boys at the Quince Fiesta; salsa dancing at the Quince; Pat and Lee enoying chili; tearing down the old Silver Mine building after it was condemned; and some park employees hard at work (Gerry, J.C., Jeremy, and Trace.)
(photos: Bruce's surprise 40th bday ice cream; Lee, Trace, and Kris as you'd be most likely to find them in the post season; Bruce really, really enjoying his bread pudding at Astor Street; Jim and Trace as voyageurs at the Fort Fright thing; and the boys on the last day of the fort being open- please note the awesome fall trees and leaves, and that Craig is "on campaign" with his gaiters and that Geoff is looking fierce with his sword).)
(photos: Much of the post-season Fort Staff; Trace and Bertram (aka "Baldy" or "Hot Dog Man"), our favorite hot dog man/tea room waiter; what Katie and I do in a Cigar Bar; Katie and Brian in Brian's Teddy Roosevelt Suite; and Andrew and Rhonda having a good time with a fedora that came Rhonda's way.)
***Scenic/seasonal photos to come soon***
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