It’s always fun to get a small taste of home ownership. Beth continues to improve her home and is happy for any help she can get. Lol! We work well together and the front garden and new banister are completed. And of course after all the work, we did play some.

Just a few pictures from my travels here in Michigan. Had fun visiting my cousin, unfortunatelymy cousinDee had a unexpectedtrip to meet her new grand baby.  Then a quick trip to see my brother and sister in law and got some fresh veggies from their garden. Then flags at both my Mom and Dad’s grave were changed. Oh, and Beth found this book for me! LOL!

I’ve stayed here before in the fall but I was lucky to find a lot of openings during this busy time. Site 56 was great, very huge and no neighbors on one side. Pearl blocked the neighbors on the other side. Actually all the sites here were huge and very well marked off. The beach was beautiful! The trail system even better. The humidity could have been a Lot lower. I was melting when I finished the Lagoon and Marsh trails but it was worth the effort.

I’ve stayed here before and wanted to come back in order to go on a shipwreck adventure. There’s a few options to see some of these wrecks. Glass bottom boat, kayak, dive, maybe snorkeling as some are pretty shallow. I opted for the kayak tour. There were 6 of us and 2 guides. 5 in the family, that left me to be adopted. The weather was perfect,  water on Lake Huron smooth as glass. It was about a 45 minute boat ride out, then 2 hours paddling,  then back to  Alpena where the adventure began. I may go back again and do the glass bottom boat tour but I enjoyed my time on the water.

After some discussion,  Beth agreed to go camping with me. She had her own tent, cot, mattress pad and a bed for Miss Annie.  Fisherman island was the first place I ever camped at. Then it was a county park called  Bells Bay. There’s been a lot of memories made here and I’m happy this trip included Beth and Annie.

Adding the campground map for you.

It was a great month of July staying at one of my favorite campgrounds. Until next year Fayette Historic state park.

Not much happening with me but thought I’d share a couple of pictures.

There were some pretty smokey days here last week but skies are now clearing up. Just a few pictures of how bad it was.

This was a fantastic opportunity for me to see this incredible beach and learn about Piping Plovers. A bird on the endangered species list. My friends Steve and Mary drove me in down a sandy, rutted road to the parking area of this preserved piece of land. We went past a number of old cranberry farms on the way in. Once there, we met up with my great nephew Carter who has been working on monitoring the nests,mom and Dad’s along with the baby chicks. He was a wealth of information and you can hear his passion for his job in his voice. I think we were there for about 2 hours learning about these birds and their habits. They are much smaller than I imagined! We really had to keep our eyes peeled to see them skittering around on the flats.