It just keeps getting BETTER!

We just returned from a week-end camping trip at Ludington State Park on Lake Michigan. What a wonderful week-end! The State Park in Ludington is fantastic!! We now know why it is the most popular State Park in Michigan!!!

So many things to do....

• Many hiking/bike trails (many paved for easy use with my chair)
• Boardwalk along Hamlin Lake
• The Sable River
• Salmon are just coming up the Sable River to Spawn (many fisherman were trying to catch them!)
• Big Sable Point Lighthouse (we didn't get a chance to see this yet but plan to on our next trip)
• 3 different campgrounds - each a little different - one sandy, one grassy and one wooded...something for everyone
• Sand Dunes
• Lake Michigan Shoreline
• and much more....

Our family had a nice surprise - at the Lake Michigan Beach House, we discovered a couple really neat beach chairs with the following sign

Check out the following slideshow - it was a wonderful day for my family....my first stroll on the Lake Michigan Shoreline!!! The trip was so fun that we booked another camping trip to Ludington in October!

Beautiful Fall "GOODMORNING" Greeting

The BALLOONS are in Town!!!

This was the scene right over my house this morning about 8:00 a.m.

Close enough that we said "Good Morning" to the Balloonist!!!!

BEAUTIFUL Morning for a Balloonfest

My First Day of the Last Year of School . . . .

Today, I started school again... my last first day!!

This picture was taken
on my first day of school - my
first bus ride - 1987 - wrapped in the baby quilt made by my Aunt Pam (p.s. to Aunt Pam..I still use that quilt!)

The school district wouldn't let Mom ride with me
so she followed the bus all the way to school and back home again....needless to say there were tears!!!
I started with 3 half days of school each week at Age 3.

This picture was taken this morning as I loaded the bus to begin my last year. I've grown a little and matured a lot!!!!

Mom is handling the separation a lot better these days! Mom and Dad miss me but they enjoy their time together!

23 years of school and a lot of bus rides

Different bus drivers, different schools, several teachers,

para-professionals and therapists that have brought me to this point.

This picture was taken during the time that I attended Seibert Elementary....one of the few pictures we have with me wearing glasses.....obviously I don't need them!!!

I had a very good day and I am looking forward to a WONDERFUL year!!!

CAMP "BED HEAD"

We just spent 10 wonderful days at Burt Lake State Park in Indian River, Michigan. I love camping and as you can see from the previous picture....I also love "no-more-tangles". I spent a little time sleeping in the great outdoors and we came up with some pretty messy hair-do's!!!!!

We took a couple day-trips while camping up north. . . To Mackinaw Island, Mackinaw City, Harbor Springs and we checked out two state parks for possible future camping trips: Wilderness State Park and Petoskey State Park - They were beautiful parks but would not really work well for our family.




We spent a lot of time outside!!!

This has been a good summer for our family. We enjoy camping . . . .

lots of walking through the park . . . my parents ride their bikes through the park and Mom enjoyed riding her bike to the grocery - filling her handy basket!!

Campfires . . . meeting new friends . . .

A "Cross in the Woods" - at the top of this tall hill, just above the State Park is a cross in the woods. (It's a little hard to see in this picture but it's there!)



Memories of Mom's teen years of camping with her family right about in this spot!!!

Peaceful during the week - when the week-ends comes, the park fills up with campers and we meet new friends.





Exploring

God's

Creation

Neat things to see outdoors....

We went to a DNR information meeting at the camp activity center - we learned about pollination (bees, butterflies and birds).

Our next trip will be to Ludington State Park on Lake Michigan - we have a week-end trip planned. God is Good...he has blessed us with a wonderful summer filled with his Great Outdoors!!!