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This morning while I was preparing the breakfast for our guests at the Inn, I had the morning news on as I always do.  The weather storms that have been hitting much of the country and our own forecast for the Saugatuck Michigan area all are clear indicators that we are in our spring variable weather pattern.  Temperatures of 30 degrees and 70 degrees are all in the forecast for this week at the Inn as well as showers, storms, sunshine and mild clear days.  Definitely part of the “usual” spring weather pattern, but none the less not an easy thing to plan for from day to day.

Just down the road from the bed and breakfast are several pole barns that house recreational sail boats, speed boats and katamarans.  This weekend some of the owners of these boats have been bringing them out of winter storage and out to their summer home in Lake Michigan’s harbors.  The return of the boating season means a lot of things for our Saugatuck community, but primarily it means that the summer season is once again upon us.  Always a special time of year that we celebrate with a fury.

I took note today that signs are now posted on some of our area roadways of upcoming season repair work.  Then I noticed a load of field tile being delivered to some farm for a spring time project in their field.  On the back in to town, I then saw a trailer of kayaks head out to some marina probably near Lake Michigan.  All of these made me think of how the signs of summer are all starting to happen in our area of West Michigan.  It will be here before we know it.

While going to the mailbox this morning at the bed and breakfast, I noticed that the tulip and daffodil bulbs all seem to continue to push their way up through the semi-frozen ground.  Holland’s tulip festival is some years “right on schedule” and others like last year the tulips all seemed to bloom before the festival week even began.  But given the cooler early spring that we have been experiencing in West Michigan this year, the tulips will most likely be “right on schedule” during the tulip festival in Holland.

One of the things we do when we check guests in to the bed and breakfast is help with restaurant choices in the surrounding Saugatuck Michigan area.  Living here as owners of a local bed and breakfast, we tend to take for granted just how many options we have when it comes to dining.  Although some of these options are primarily open in the summer to fall time of year, there are quite a number of these restaurants that stay open year-round and have a wide range of food options available on their menu.