Sisters' Trip - Michigan

 It's Sisters Trip Time!!  Between all of our busy summer schedules, mid August was the best time to head to Teri's so Patty and I booked flights and we all met in Grand Rapids, MI!  Luckily Teri lives close to the airport as Patty got in around noon and I didn't get in till 6:30!  Teri had lasagna and garlic bread all ready to eat after she picked me up along with wine so we were set for the evening!

Teri had a packed schedule for the next couple of days!!  Tuesday morning we headed "downtown" to have brunch - quite a different place (as the original place she had picked didn't open until  11:00!)  This restaurant was long and narrow and to me, on the "yuppie" scale!!  Only about 6 breakfast items to choose from so we chose 2 and split them - one is a french omlette and the other was french toast with peaches - all very good - definitely pricey for the small portions!

Since we didn't order coffee there, we headed across the street to a "coffee" place - it was very busy and we were surprised when we went to order that they had no whip cream or caramel as everything is made "in house".  I kind of thought I was in NYC!!

Then we were off to Meijer Sculpture Gardens - we had been there years ago when it was extremely hot so were excited to go back as the weather was gorgeous!  This wall was amazing to look at inside the main building!!      And below that, was inside the botanical garden - since it was even a bit chilly out, this place definitely warmed us up and we enjoyed the birds inside!

Since there is so much to look at with all the outside sculptures, we decided to ride the tram around - it was very interesting to see all of the sculptures and the story behind them!  This is a picture of just one of the strange ones!!

We loved the Japanese Gardens - we walked up a small hill and could see for a long ways how beautiful the gardens were!

Patty and Teri at the top!

Patty and I in front of the fountain in the desert garden.

And a selfie of the 3 of us!

This horse is HUGE and I remembered it from the the last time we were here!!  There's quite the story behind it concerning Leonardo Da Vinci!

A lovely day spent together - but we still had more to do!!