So it was that we ventured to Leelanau County, Glen Arbor Michigan, last weekend for a short stay at a Homestead Condominium overlooking Glen Arbor and the Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Having found time to watch Notre Dame beat Washington in OT(the “Luck ‘O the Irish” having returned with ND holding off Washington from scoring a TD from the 2-yard line 8 times), I had a rare moment when I became convinced that all was well with the world, aided by a few glasses of a remarkable $5.99 per bottle (not a typo) wine: Louis Bernard Bonus Passus Cotes du Rhone 2007. This wine did not sell very well because first, it comes in a plastic bottle with a screw-top cap (perfect for picnics but not for setting an impressive ambience) and second, it comes in one of those short bottles, so you think that you are not getting the usual hit. (Not so.) At any rate, this wine does most of what Dot and John think a Cotes du Rhone should do at 10 times the cost. (If you want my source for this and live in the West Michigan area, send me an email, but the supply could be exhausted by now.)
This wine also helped erase my close encounter with a red fox as I walked up to the condo. The critter sauntered by and sat down between me and the stairway in, and when I walked away, he followed me. When I stopped, he sat down and scratched an itch. When I started walking again, he started toward me. Didn’t appear aggressive (or rabid) - probably used to hand-outs of nibbles. In any event, I opened my handy red Swiss umbrella, pointed it at him as if it were a Star Wars light saber, and he got the message to bug off.
October in Northern Michigan is fantastic. Those who don’t take advantage of our fall colors and lake views are missing a lot. Next year, we’ll try for a longer stay. A few pics of the trip (sans fox) are to the right.
Thanks for blogging with me thus far.
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