photo stolen from the great photographer gary howe

what a fun weekend! saturday was the first annual, much anticipated, well attended TC coup loop. we met about 50 other people for a bike tour of 7 coups all within the TC city limits. our coup was not a part of the loop but maybe next year. we got some great ideas to spice ours up.

sunday, grandma came and picked us up for another 1st annual event. this one was the TC dairy festival. here's the story behind the festival.

"Colantha's Story
Of the 96 Holstein-Friesian cows that comprised the former Traverse City State Hospital’s herd, Colantha was by far the most prolific. In 1926, she produced 22,918 pounds of milk in a single year, making her the highest producer in the world! In her lifetime, from 1916 to 1932, her total production was 200,114.9 pounds of milk. According to a Federal census during that same year, the State average production was 3,918 lbs. of milk per cow per year!"

while we were at the festival mum and dad got to go on a 3+ hour mountain bike ride together on mum's new birthday bike.

we all chilled in the afternoon watching a little footy and were in bed by 6:30.