Petoskey Fun!

Last week we spent three nights camping at Petoskey State Park. This is a great state park only a few minutes walk from Lake Michigan. We had a really good time on this trip! There were two long bike rides (I must find a more cushy bike seat...), fishing, camp fires, lots of swimming, and of course, searching for Petoskey stones. We had lots of good food to eat, the weather was perfect the last two days, and our camper did the job.

I also took my new fishing boat (12' aluminum row boat with a trolling motor) out for her maiden voyage. Well, that's not entirely true - the boat is about 20 years old, but it was the first time we used her! We did manage to catch several Blue Gill and one decent bass. I discovered that trolling motors aren't too good at getting you across big inland lakes like Crooked Lake (just imagine lots of rowing on the return trip). But overall the boat held up great and there is plenty of room for me and two of our kids. Next year we will find some smaller lakes or bring up a larger motor...

Camping has turned out to be one of those things that brings us together as a family. And we have three more trips yet this summer to look forward to.