Field Trips To Michigan

I was lucky to visit Michigan twice in May.  Once to see my family.  My step-father lives in the same house in suburban Detroit where I grew up.  Nostalgia.  And, then my brother and partner live a bit north--he returned to Michigan after many years away. 
The second time, I travelled with a friend and stayed as a guest in her family's summer cottage.  Up north.  I took my paints, and the the piling was the best of the the sketches that I tried.  I had not painted plein air in ages.  (Who am I kidding, I'm barely painting...).  The second is a small abstract where I was trying to use up the paints.