renata and ben

Truth: I'm terrified of chair lifts. Some time in the Swiss Alps took the edge off my white-knuckled approach to them for sure, but I'm just always waiting to hear the snap of a bolt and see the rocky terrain racing towards me, cameras undoubtedly hitting me in the head at some point pre- or post-impact, further guaranteeing my demise. I just didn't realize assistant Erin was even worse than me. It made it easier because I masked my fear by teasing her. This particular lift took us up to the top of Mount Horace Greeley in Michigan's Keweenaw County - near the tip of the most northern part of the Upper Peninsula on a fine autumn afternoon. The mountain sits at a reasonable 1,560 ft and has a panoramic view of the terrain of the Keweenaw. This was the site of the ceremony, and off in the distance, the abandoned Calumet Air Force Station. This was a cold war era radar station, it's build prompted by the Koran war. Closed in 1988, it sits as an asbestos backdrop for an episode of The Walking Dead - which made it a perfect spot to take our bride and groom. As they are both electrical engineers, we paused briefly as they examined the high-voltage sub-station where we hid the cars before we hit the lakeshore, and a waterfall on our way back to the site. Host for the reception (and provider of the lift) was Mount Bohemia, a ski resort with a good 900 vertical feet largely though the trees which equals double and black diamond runs. I'm a nordic skier so nooooo thank you. If the chair lift didn't kill me first, a tree would very quickly. But we survived, our beautiful bride and groom survived, and I'll probably make it back to the yurt compound this winter. Not to ski though - I understand there's whiskey, and a hot-tub. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] [/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]