Lake Erie Love

I've always been a fan of Lake Erie. It is probably because I grew up on its shoreline in Monroe, MI.  I have very fond memories of perch fishing with my dad, taking long walks at Luna Pier to clear my head or just sitting on the beach at Sterling State Park. This past weekend (June 6-8) we ventured to Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon Ohio located on the opposite shores of Lake Erie. 

Have you seen Ohio's newest marketing campaign, "Lake Erie Love?" Here's a link to their new music video....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el_wvc3X7p4. They nailed it. This song gets stuck in my head so bad and ironically, everything that they mention in music video happened this weekend.

We....

... "woke up with the sunshine on my face"

.... "had no troubles anymore"

... "laughed until we cried"

... "light up the summer skies"

...."had the time of our lives"

We were on site 132 and we couldn't get over how much room we had. We didn't have much shade and it did get pretty warm in the afternoon, but we survived. We have camped at this park once before and thought it was nice, but this time we walked away with a new appreciation. There's something here for everyone from nice sandy beaches, to walking trails, to a paved bike path, activities from ice cream socials to movies on the big screen at the outdoor amphitheater and we even enjoyed a professional fireworks display over Lake Erie on Saturday night.

We camped with three other couples and had such a great time together. We got a few hands of euchre in, plenty of hillbilly golf and a newer lawn game called "Can Jam." We cooked an outstanding dinner over a charcoal fire on Saturday night. We also spent a few hours at the beach working on our tans. Once again it was another stellar weather weekend in Northwest Ohio. We woke up to rain on Sunday morning but its getting pretty dry around here, so it is much needed. 

Site 132 at Maumee Bay State Park

The back of our site lead right to a little pond.
We didn't even think about bringing our kayaks, but we will next time.

A beautiful sunny day at the beach.
The top of my feet will never be the same.

Our next camping trip isn't until the middle of July to the thumb area of Michigan with all of my cousins. I know we have to stay put for the next couple of weekends for family and work commitments, but something tells me that we will have a couple of spur of the moment trips pop up before the middle of July. In the meantime, the Pod got a good cleaning yesterday once we got home. We will be ready to roll in a moments notice.

Until our next podding adventure...