Farewell to Thunder Bay 2012

Tomorrow is our last day in Hillman, Michigan for the 2012 season. After 5 ½ months, I am ready to move on, yet after this amount of time, it's also hard to move on. Friendships and connections to the community are formed after this many weeks. A flow and rhythm to the days evolve as we grow connected to our temporary home. Throughout the summer there were up to seven workamping couples in the RV Park. One by one, we have each started going our separate ways, on to our next adventure as the summer season disappears; today two more couples pulled out, leaving just Dan and I to say the final farewell. Since arriving at the end of May, the seasons have progressed through a warm, lush, and beautiful summer, into a gorgeous Autumn bursting with color. But today is bleak and dreary outside as we continue with the cold snap that started several days ago. The temperature is 42 degrees and it's raining. Most of the leaves have blown off the trees. Winter really is just around the corner in Northern Michigan. It actually is time to move on. Yet, I look out the window of our 5th Wheel, and there are two little finch sitting on the ladder. We took their feedbags down two weeks ago, and didn't see any more birds once they figured out no more food was available. Now it seems as if they are coming back for one more visit before we move on down the road. Below are some pictures of the Thunder Bay Resort at the peak of Autumn Glory.