Serendipity –  A very broad definition of serendipity is “fate,” “destiny,” or “predestination”. It’s the idea that certain things are meant to happen to you.

It was a lifelong dream, that of owning a cottage.  I was dreaming of a cottage, or in other words, a shack in the woods on Lake Michigan.

Our family usually went tent camping in the Northern part of Wisconsin.  We eventually frequented the area known as Door County.  There we started camping at the Jellystone Park.  This was a family campground geared to the kids, which was a good fit for us at that time.  Then, when the children got older, we started camping at the Penninsula State Park.  We owned a furniture store at this time and found it more convenient to rent a cabin on the Labor Day Weekends.  There was one area that called to me.  This was the South Michigan Drive area.  It was rather rugged, right on the water, in the woods, and everything I always thought of as a dream area for a cottage that we could afford.