I Promised You Paradise...

Now Paradise is different things

to different people.

As we traveled we left the rugged

beauty of Copper Harbor and the

Keeweenaw Peninsula behind.

This little piece of Paradise has been

sitting vacant for a few years.

We keep looking..

and the price keeps dropping..

Some days we dream that this

(with a lot of elbow grease)

could be a mini-Paradise for us.

It sits on Lake AuTrain

close to Munising and the

Pictured Rocks National Park.

This is what you see driving up.

There is a huge barn/outbuilding

with a big bunkhouse above it.
A small one bedroom cabin

and a larger, 2 bedroom winterized cabin.And a little shed...Someone loved this little spot of Heaven

for a time...

and now their time has passed

and it needs someone new to love it

and make it their own little

Paradise...

As you can see...she needs some work..

but she is sturdy..and well built..

Don't break in, MyHero..or they will

haul you off to jail..and I will

have to go home by myself..

and spend all your money..

and run away to Florida and...

What? You can't find the key?

Oh! You're NOT going in now?

Never mind....And, looking at the serenity of the lake it feels

a bit like Paradise, doesn't it?Well, I guess THAT'S not the Paradise

for our lives at this moment of time.

But wait...

Is THIS Paradise?Nope! This is Christmas!

Christmas, Michigan.

I want to move here and run for Mayor..

I want to spruce this sweet little town up

so it fits it's name..

Do you ever dream of reorganizing a town?

Is that a bit ambitious?

I think I could do it..

I do!

I want all the houses to look like

CHRISTMAS

all year long..

I want to see lights ...

Christmas lights that welcome

and draw you in..

I want a St. Nick Inn

and lights..Oh! I want lots of lights..

and bells that ring...ring..ring..

NO! I do NOT mean

Casino Lights...which seems to

be the only show in town..

I don't want to hear

One Armed Bandits Ding and Ching..

No..No..MyHero...

Don't look...close your eyes..

That is NOT Paradise..

That is the Devil's Den!

No ching-ching for you there!

Santa waves goodbye as we leave town..I want to steal this sign-it's so cute..

but MyHero won't let me and I

is a'feared God might be watching.

Which is besides the point because I don't

own a hacksaw to cut the post down.

Are you tired of reading yet?

Huh? Okay then...
Here you go!

Without further ado...here it is....Was this what you were expecting?Or this? I guess it's where some folks

MEET Paradise~

Hmmm...Death by boat...

Just one more reason I don't like deep water..Just when I think Paradise ain't

(I love to work the word ain't in a sentence...it makes my old

English teacher spin...it's good for him cuz

he was a lazy cuss at best)

Anyway...just when I think Paradise

isn't much like Heaven...we travel on

and I spot this...Lordy, Lordy...I think I have died and gone to Heaven...
However,

The most heavenly place on Earth

when you are traveling and need it the most

looks a lot like this....

Hellllooooooooo Paradise!