On our trip into town, we stopped in the middle of the road (no worries, there was NO traffic) to take this cool picture of Sugar Loaf as seen through a cherry orchard:
Interestingly enough, the first business we saw in Cedar was a winery. We stopped to try out the wine tasting, and were told that there was no festival that day (that the winery-person knew of, anyway!). I don't generally like wine, but I bought a bottle of cherry mead, which is basically honey wine. Yum. We decided to go on a wine tasting tour instead.
For anyone who doesn't know, Leelanau is a beautiful peninsula, so the tour was as much about seeing the scenery as it was about testing wine. Here, a picture of the snow-covered beach just outside of Traverse City.
Did you know that Madonna's parents own a winery just north of Traverse? Ciccone's, if any of you check it out. We stopped, but they were closed. We thought maybe it was because Madonna was in town or something.
Our favorite of the wineries we visited was Leelanau Cellar - the workers were incredibly helpful for the wine-illiterate(me). The view, two full walls of windows looking out on the Traverse Bay, was pretty good too. I bought six bottles of wine there. Hey - it was a deal (10% off) if you bought six. . .
As we continued enjoying a leisurely drive around the peninsula on M22 in search of dinner, we saw this gorgeous sunset over a barn.
Tune in tomorrow for photos from dinner.
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