Thursday, May 7, 2009

Pathfinder Trip to Michigan--Part 2

Friday morning after breakfast, we headed out for Battle Creek and the Historic Adventist Village.

The village consists of a visitor's center and several donated, renovated, and restored buildings.
While there, we saw the home of James and Ellen White;
a log cabin where the story of "the most honest man in town" is told;
and an old schoolhouse. (We saw a lot more--have dozens of pictures, but space and time limits narrowed the narrative to this--click the "village" link above for more info about the village).
After lunch, we drove back to Warren Dunes State Park along Lake Michigan. They have a dune formation that rises 260 above the lake level. The access road to the beach was closed, so we weren't able (due to time constraints) to actually touch the lake--just had to view it from a distance.
The kids really enjoyed climbing on the dunes and playing in the sand. (Did you know that baby powder really does make the sand come off your feet, etc. more easily?)
We then hurried to Pizza Hut for supper before cleaning up to go to the evening service at the Andrews University Seminary Chapel.
All cleaned up and at the chapel for vespers.
Elder Dodge is the creator/founder of the Bible Achievement program and spoke for part of the evening service.

We returned to the hotel--tired but happy--looking forward to the Bible Achievement event the next day.

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