Today is one of those perfect early summer days to enjoy the many amenities we offer our bed and breakfast guests.  Among these are a couple on a romantic getaway who have been enjoying using the hammock in the side garden, guests on a weekend holiday getaway enjoying the back garden swing and of course the always-popular porch swing always getting lots of attention.  We also have lawn games such as beg bag toss, croquet, frisbees, etc. and lawn checkers that our bed and breakfast guests have been enjoying this weekend.  It’s always a pleasure for us to see our guests taking advantage of these many extra perks that we offer here at the Inn.

Thanks to our warm Michigan weather, we at the bed and breakfast have been harvesting our rhubarb quite frequently already this year.  We were able to give quite a bit of it to some friends of ours who own a bed and breakfast in downtown Saugatuck.  We have also been making our own bed and breakfast guests treats like rhubarb coffee cake and strawberry rhubarb muffins.  It is always such a treat to be able to harvest the rhubarb out of our own garden to use for our Inn’s guest breakfasts both now and year-round (rhubarb also freezes very well and we are able to use it year-round as well).

As much as we enjoy Southwest Michigan, we also enjoy traveling, near or far.  We recently took a day off from the bed and breakfast and the Saugatuck area to enjoy a two-day trip back through Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.  My family has visited me in Michigan many times and most of them are still back in northeast Iowa, so it is always great to get back together with family.  There is definitely something to be said for growing up in the Midwest and having the value system that we learn here in the Midwest.  Traveling from Michigan west through the Midwest states is a reminder of the importance of these values.

With a forecast of mid-80 degree weather for coming week, it is evident that summer has already arrived in the Saugatuck Michigan area.  It should be a fantastic Memorial day weekend for our bed and breakfast guests and those visiting Saugatuck, Lake Michigan’s beaches and all of West Michigan.  Summer seems to have arrived early this year, which is always welcome for those of us who live in the Southwest Michigan area and the guests of our bed and breakfast.  Why not plan an early visit this summer instead of waiting until the crowds arrive?

As Innkeepers, we are constantly finding new and additional amenities for our bed and breakfast guests to enjoy.  Michigan’s weather does not always allow for lawn games, but when it does we are prepared with a choice of different lawn games for the Inn guests.  After breakfast or after a day of exploring Saugatuck, a day at the Michigan wineries or just anytime at all, our B&B guests can partake of a game of croquet, whiffleball, frisbee and other assorted lawn games.  Today we also purchased a bean bag throw for our guests to enjoy on our beautiful lawns.  After all, relaxing isn’t all about laying on the hammock or sitting on the front porch swing all day either.