More Adventures in Maine

Daniel and Chavi are off to Maine with baby Elish and Leba, the puppy. Check out their blog for up-to-the-minute photo coverage. I'm extremely jealous - I'd love to see Maine in the fall!

I'm up north for the weekend - a dual Grandma's 80th birthday and step-grandma's memorial service visit. It was beautiful yesterday (Shabbos) as I walked to the restaurant to be with the family at the brunch event after the service (please keep halachic commentary on this choice to yourself). The town I grew up in, Petoskey, Michigan, is on Little Traverse Bay in northern Michigan and the whole walk was along the blue, blue shoreline. Sigh. As I was walking, I was imagining how one might live a frum life up here. The only problem I ran into was the mikveh question - not a problem in the summer as lakes are plentiful. I don't particularily fancy polar bear swims, however. I wonder if there is a mikveh in Traverse City an hour and a half away? Hmm.

Anyway, will post pictures if it manages to stop raining for a few minutes so that I can take some.