Road Trip

The forecast for our camping weekend left a lot to be desired. Our first day was cold and WINDY, but there wasn't any rain. So we decided to go for "a little" drive and wound up at Sleeping Bear Dunes. That was only after we had to hitch the trailer back up, pull all the slides back in and drive it over to fill up with water. I think that was the highlight of the day for the kids. We let all six of them stay in there while we drove it to get the water. You should have heard all the hootin and hollerin goin on back there. With slides in they were trapped, you can't open the doors to get out. They didn't care, they thought it was an awesome ride. They were sad when I put the slides back out and opened the door. They wanted to go for round two!

The last time Kev and I had been to SBD, was way before we had children, so it was fun to go back and show the kids some of the sights. The kids had a great time playing on the dunes.....getting full of wet cold sand (Mom wasn't lovin that part). It was great because they really needed to get some of that energy out before we had to be cooped up inside because of rain.

One part of SBD is a driving tour that you can get out and look at different spots along the way. Although the color had already peaked, it still was awesome to see God's handy work in the fall display. The kids especially liked the area where there is a 450 ft drop down to Lake Michigan...and NO they didn't go down. Kevin still remembers the last time he went down that hill and has no desire to do it again anytime soon (even though he brags that he could climb back up no problem).

After our adventures in SBD we decided to find our way up to Leland. It is a fishing town that is very near and dear to Heidi and Kevin's heart (or taste buds in Kevin's case). This is the town that they would vacation in when they were little. Kev had us walking all over to find the candy store that he used to get HUGE peanut butter cups from. We think that store is no longer there, but there was a store that had yummy fudge, so we bought a pound of it, we just couldn't leave empty handed.

We then decided that it would be a good night to eat out, so we mosied our way back down to Traverse City and had dinner there. It was really a nice easy going day. By the time we got back to our trailers it was time for the kids to go to bed.

Great start to a great weekend.

Blessings!!