ramblingriggs: Pure Michigan #1

Jim and I had a week off of work and I had planned a trip to up state New York. We had a couple of things come up that forced us to cancel that trip. We were really looking forward to going, but life happens. We hope to reschedule for some time later this year. We were still able to get away later in the week and we headed up north to Tawas Point State Park. We had been to Tawas a few times but never had the opportunity to camp there.

The state park was beautiful. Our site (#44) looked right out of the bay. There wasn't many people there during the week but as we got closer to the Memorial Day weekend it started filling up. The weather was outstanding while we were there but the wind was crazy!! We needed to use the heater at night to take the chill out of the Pod. The park has a really cool lighthouse and a bike path that goes all the way through town. We rode 12 miles of it on Thursday. That was a long way considering it was only the second time we had been on our bikes all year.

We could only get reservations through Friday as it was the beginning of Memorial Day Weekend. We moved across the state to my cousins place in Kalkaska. My brother and sister-in-law also joined us for the weekend. It was nice to catch up with our cousins over good food and some serious card playing.

We loaded up the kayaks and took them with us hoping to break them out for the first time this year but it didn't happen. Once we got home we were able to take some time and kayak for a few hours on Lake Hudson which isn't too far from our house. Its a real nice lake that isn't too busy. I'm still not real comfortable in my 'yak but the more I do it, the more comfortable I get. My exit strategy still needs some work, but I think it will get there too.

Here's some pictures from our trip....