Honeymooning in Michigan: St. Joseph

We had talked about driving to Kalamazoo for a day, but then we visited Lemon Creek Winery and chatted with a lady there about St. Joseph.  With the promise of beaches, a light house, museums, shops and food we decided to check it out.  A short 30 minute drive led us here: 

I LOVED this beach.  It was so pretty!

Look! That lighthouse we were looking for!  

We walked down this very long pier to check out the lighthouse.  I think we are about halfway down at this point in the picture.  It was crazy windy at the end, but really neat.  We also saw a bunch of guys fishing off the pier. 

We went into town and stopped at a museum.  They had an exhibit highlighting their local art fair from the year it started to present day.  30 years or so.  It was interesting to compare to the art fair I worked on, and see the difference in art displayed.  Although their exhibit labels needed some serious help.  Seriously.  

As we were walking down the main street of town, we got caught in a sudden rain storm.  It lasted about  10 mins and we got pretty wet but still were able to see the war memorials along the way.

World War II Memorial

Koren War Memorial

I don't remember what the cannon was memorializing. 

Pirates? Civil War?  I'm gonna go with pirates. 

We found a local pizza place that was really good for lunch.  Hanging outside was this guy:

It's a corn dog!

They had a few of these dog statues around town decorated differently.  Not sure why.  This one cracked me up!  I seriously could not stop laughing.  It's a dog...dressed up like corn...it's a corn dog bahahahaha!  Still pretty funny!

After lunch Cody surprised me by taking me to ride the carousel!  

I have always loved carousels, and this one was pretty awesome!

Why yes, that is a box of pizza shoved in my purse.

I made Cody ride the ostrich (after almost being attacked by one once, it seemed fitting) while I got the fire department horse, with a Dalmatian riding on it's back.

Then we found some circus fun 

I don't look to happy with my big forehead...

It was a pretty fun trip to St. Joseph.  We actually talked about staying there if we go back to Michigan, but decided we liked visiting St. Joseph and staying in the quieter New Buffalo.