We are back from our latest trip! We didn’t have internet for the first four days and then when we moved, we had it, but it was really slow. So I waited to fill all of you in after we got home. We left last Thursday afternoon for Algonac State Park, just outside of Algonac MI, south of Port Huron. We met Dirk & Lori and Harry and Bobbi there. We were all there to celebrate Dirk’s 40th birthday! Deke and Aden joined us on Saturday morning. Everyone brought their own trailers and Dirk rented a really cute hybrid. This time we camped along the St Clair River. There were big (scary) freighters going by all the time, day and night. I could feel them rumbling as they went by.
Friday was warm and all the humans went exploring. (and left me in the nice warm camper to guard it from the freighters going by). They drove up to Port Huron and then across the Blue Water Bridge to Sarnia Canada. They ate lunch at a local pub and then went to a petting zoo. (I sure with I could have gone—would have been fun to chase and maybe catch some of the hundreds of ducks that were there). They drove along the river on the Canadian side and took a car ferry back to Algonac. Friday night was Halloween and several Trick or Treaters came to the camper. (I don’t like them at home---sure didn’t think they would be in a campground!). Nancy brought candy for them so they went away as soon as they were fed.
Saturday was cooler than Friday and everyone bundled up for the day. The guys shot skeet at the range in the campground and then they played bocci ball, croquet and euchre. Saturday night was birithday party time. It was cold, so they all ate in Deke’s camper. (Darn, they had steak and cake with whipped cream on the top---two of my favorites)
Sunday we packed up and headed out---the boys went home and we headed off to Frankenmuth with Bobbi and Harry. Check out their blog for more pictures and narrative: http://havetrailerwilltravel.blogspot.com/
Frankenmuth was fun. The campground we stayed in was the first place we took this camper, and the first time I went camping. There is an indoor pool and hot tub at the campground, which Ron and Nancy enjoy. They sure smelled funny when they got back from there—and so did their swim suits which they hung in the bathroom with my liter box. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what the odor was!
The campground had a lot of dogs, so I had something to watch while the humans went exploring at Bonners, the outlet mall and then on Monday downtown Frankenmuth at all the little shops. The weather was beautiful and we were able to have the camper door open so I could chase the lady bugs that were flying all around and landing on the screen. We left early Tuesday and got home just in time for Nancy and Ron to get to work.
Be sure to check out all the pictures in the slide show on the left. You can double click on the show and see larger views of the pictures.