Its been almost two weeks now since we waded through the thick Ilinois 95 degree air and piled into the car for an all night drive to Sleeping Bear Dunes in MI. We took some good advice years ago from an elderly couple who always traveled at night WHEN THE KIDS ARE ASLEEP!
After 500 miles we were there but with a 30 degree drop in temperature it was too cold to swim so we headed for the steep rolling hills of sand they call the Dune Climb. Apparently the local football team trains on this sand and it's easy to see why as it will leave you breathing heavy with just a few steps up. The kids act like it's nothing, running up and down countless times, digging in the sand, running down the steep slopes until the sun has disappeared over the lake....and you still have to drag them away.
It finally got up to around 80 degrees so we did what the girls requested each & every day to come. We went to the beach! Oh this is bringing back memories from a trip to Ogunquit Maine a few years back when Stella & I drove out to Boston to pick up Amy, Rosa and Helen at the airport. I made several stops to visit antiques dealers on our way up into ME. They were all chanting "NO ANTIQUES JUST THE BEACH" over and over again!
Anyhow, we plopped ourselves down where the clear water of the Platte River dumps into Lake Michigan. We never did manage to leave the beach early enough to go through the hassle of building a camp fire and cooking ourselves dinner so we went up to Glen Arbor almost every night and spent all the money we saved by sleeping in a tent.....on food.
One exception was the night we were about to leave our haven at the waterfront when we spotted some hot coals someone had left behind in one of the grills. How convenient we thought and proceeded to grill our veggie burgers and tofu dogs. We were about half finished with dinner when this big RV pulls up full of the partying type. One of the guys comes over to let us know he started those coals and needed to get his burgers & brats going. We told him there was no need to thank us for stirring those coals while he was away and we'd be running along as soon as soon as we got our marshmallows heated up for the smores.
2 comments:
Hey guys, Sounds like a blast! Natalie and I did that dune climb last year, and it was steep and took a good amount of effort! A Good workout for sure. Hope you guys had fun up there. Pictures look nice!
at a fun trip! Looks like the girls loved every minute of it. They are so big now! What a beautiful family.
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