ramblingriggs: Fifth Annual Cousins Weekend

We started this annual Cousins Weekend back in 2012 and I'm so glad that we kept our tradition going now for five years in a row. I hope we can keep it going for at least another five years as family and time together is super important. We all get busy and have our own lives, but I think it is very important to take time out of our busy schedules and spend time with those that you love.

I want to recap the last five years of trips that we have made together just for my own memory's sake and to have a running list of the places we have been:

2012 - Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant, MI
2013 - Camping at Muskegon State Park in Muskegon, MI
2014 - Camping at Stafford County Park in Port Hope, MI
2015 - Cottage weekend at Arend's on Little Gray Goose Lake in Jerome, MI
2016 - Camping at Stafford County Park in Port Hope, MI

We liked Stafford County Park so much that we decided to make a return trip. It seems to be centrally located for most of us. It was one of the hottest and rainiest weekends of the summer but we didn't slow us down much. It was figure that the best day of the weekend was Sunday when we were packing up a leaving.

We did have to check up on a very distance relative in Kinde, MI that owns and operates Heck's Bar. We stumbled across this bar the last time we were in the area and had to stop again.

It doesn't matter where we go or what we do, it is always a great time to get together with my cousins!