A weekend getaway...part two

So when I last left you, I was standing on the breaker wall in Holland Michigan, enjoying the view, when from the water below I hear, "HELP".  Wow, that almost sounded like the first line of a really good novel.  Anyway.  As we look down there is a man getting pulled out into the lake by a rip current.  He had a kickboard, but you could tell he was not a great swimmer, and was not in the best of shape!  I stood there not knowing what to do.  All the sudden some younger guys grabbed a life ring off the fence along the breaker wall, and threw it to the man.  Meanwhile some other guys were swimming to him to help.  It was a stressful few minutes.  Next thing we know there were three or four more people being pulled out.  A crowd had formed on the wall.  Everyone was watching and helping.

I see another guy being pulled out, and he starts to yell.  There was one more life ring mounted on the rail beside me.  A lady looks at me, and says here, throw this.  I make my way down the rocks to the edge of the water.  She is following me.  I assume she is holding the rope as I prepare to throw the life ring.  I send it sailing out into the water, and as I see it splash, I see the end of the rope following it out into the water.  Well, that is not going to do a lot of good.  By the time I had done this, someone had swam to them, and helped the rest of the people out.  There were no lifegaurds on the beach.  As we are walking back to the beach, we look and see signs clearly posted that say "No Swimming Area - Rip Currents in this Area"  Shouldn't that be your first clue NO TO SWIM THERE?

After that excitement we went back to the hotel to chill out for a little while.  We got cleaned up and headed to the "Downtown" area.  Lots of shops, stores, and resturants.  We stuck around for a while.  Not much for me.  A lot of the stores were the same you would find in a mall.  So after a little walking we decided to head back to the room before dinner. 

When we got back I thought I would find a nice place to eat dinner.  We settled on "The Piper."  We had driven by it earlier while we were checking out the super expensive houses along the bay.  It was located next to the yacht club.  Yes, we were high society.

Like the look of it, it was VERY expensive.  And like I have found at more expensive resturants...the food is not as good as you get at some "cheaper" places.   But it was right on the bay, and very romantic.  Our favorite part was hearing a couple next to us talking about how they were trying to decide whether to build on to their mansion, or buy a bigger yacht...decisions decisions.

After dinner it was out for a night on the town.  Come to find out, they roll up the streets of Holland around 9pm. 

We did have an alright time in Holland.  I think we enjoyed our stops in South Haven and St. Joseph on the way home a little more.  Our next stop up Michigan's West Coast would be Muskegon, but we are thinking about another weekend in South Haven first.

It was nice to have a weekend OUT of headphones.

The next post, you will finally get to meet our newest addition, Leah.  That coming soon!  I promise!