Michigan Recap Part 2

Hello!

I hope your week is off to a great start. I’m still recovering from our busy weekend in Louisville. Our nephew got married on Friday and then the reception was on Saturday. So, we had two busy and full days. I will share more about all that later!

Anyway, I shared part 1 of our trip to Michigan last week, and today I’m sharing part 2.

I’d left off on mid-day Thursday when we left South Haven and drove about a half an hour to Saugatuck. We’d heard the Saugatuck was a bit more “artsy,” and I’d say the by the paint palette as we entered the cute town was saying the same thing!

We stayed at the Hotel Saugatuck, and it was so cute. We arrived a couple of hours before we could check in, but we stopped in to let them know if the room was ready a little earlier, that would be great.

After that, we drove about half a mile into town, parked the car and started walking around.

How cute?!

I spotted so many pretty flowers, especially hydrangeas that had me oohhing and ahhing…

We settled on Scooters Pizza, and each got a slice of pizza.

Then, we walked around more. Cuteness at every corner…

You know I found the book store!

I thought this chalkboard was so cute…

We walked around a bit more, and then we were able to check into hotel about an hour early. Our room was “Oval Beach,” and it was so cute.

The hotel has a view of the Kalamazoo River, and we spent lots of time in this cute sun room.

One thing I loved about this place was that they let you choose your breakfast the night before, and then a delivery time between 8-10. For our first morning, I chose the hazelnut waffles and have zero regrets!

We unpacked and then took a quick nap. Trav needed to do some work and wasn’t super motivated to go to the beach, but I was. We’d driven past Douglas Beach, so I headed that way for a couple of hours. Look at this view…

All the steps were fine on the way down, but they were a beast on the way up! At least they were shaded.

There were probably twenty people on the beach, and the weather was perfect. I actually got pretty hot! I almost got in the water, but just got in to my knees to cool off a bit.

I spent two hours reading which was perfect.

As I drove back to the hotel, I spotted these deer…

I had just enough time to shower and get ready for our 7:00 reservation at Coast. Travis was very excited about eating here.

I meant to take a picture of the six course tasting menu…this is the nine course, but it was all so good.

We sat outside, and it was lovely.

This was my first course…it was actually my favorite, and I don’t typically love tuna. This was the tuna crudo, and it was so refreshing.

The other courses:

• Australian beef tartare
• Risotto
• Salmon
• Beef tenderloin
• Creme Brulee (if creme brulee is on the menu, I will order it!)

They gave us bread in the beginning and suggested Trav’s course come out with my fourth course. He ordered the lamb from the menu. I had a couple of bites, and it was delish.

We left there pretty full, and it was a great dining experience.

After that, we walked over to the Butler for a drink.

Then, it was back to the hotel!

The next morning, we woke up to some rain which was actually so nice and soothing. Our breakfast arrived…

The little juice jars were too cute.

We had about an hour to eat before starting our day.

I hope to wrap up our trip in a blog post tomorrow, but this was our first day in Saugatuck, and it didn’t disappoint.