Holiday Parade images Petoskey, Michigan

The 2011 Parade in downtown Petoskey hosted by Staffords Hospitality was a wonderful hit for all of those people who attended the festivities. It was mild weather and a nice showing for the lengthy parade route. Here are some of my images from the 2011 Staffords Hospitality Holiday Parade in downtown Petoskey, Michigan.

downtown petoskey parade 2011 holiday image

Julia getting excited for Santa Claus

Image of Holiday Parade start Petoskey, Michigan

Start 2011 Petoskey Stafford's Holiday Parade

Dave Kring Auto Petoskey, Michigan

Petoskey High School marching band

Kidd & Leavy Petoskey, Michigan

Nutcracker

image Elvis singing holiday santa claus parade

Elvis singing Petoskey parade

Boyne Mountain

image christmas tree back of antique car stafford's parade

Christmas tree on antique car

Crooked River Lodge float

Photo Bay Harbor Petoskey Michigan Parade

Bay Harbor float

image Petoskey Michigan Santa Claus on carriage and horse drawn

Santa Claus in horse drawn carriage

Santa Claus

Photography by Paul Retherford Petoskey Michigan Photographer

Wedding industry Luxury Event Conference Mexico

My wife and I made a last minute decision to attend the Inspire Smart Success Experience in Riviera Maya, Mexico at Now Sapphire Resort on December 5-8, 2011. I was a bit reluctant to book since we had just moved and we are looking for a new house. It just happened that this trip gave us both a bit of therapy.

We flew out of Flint, Michigan since the flights were the same price as Detroit. We headed down Sunday for a 6am flight to Atlanta and then to Cancun. No checked bags made a smooth flight for us both ways.

The customs and immigrations lines were short and we got through in less than 15 minutes total. It took longer for us to find our driver to Now Sapphire resort. One noticeable difference from when we traveled in February was that we had to fill out an emergency contact form before leaving the US and there were a significant amount of military people with automatic rifles. Kind of scary.

The Now Sapphire is a nice all-inclusive resort in Riviera Maya and I would recommend it for a nice vacation or family vacation for a few days. They really take care of you at the resort.

Following are a bunch of images from the Inspired Smart Success Experience and my free time away from the conference.