Friday, November 25, 2016

Camping in November? Yes, please!

I can honestly say that I've never camped in November until this year. We were pleasantly surprised by the Michigan weather this fall and were able to squeeze out one last camping weekend. It was hard to find a campground open at this time of year, but luckily Sterling State Park in my hometown of Monroe, Michigan was still open for one more weekend.

We packed up and headed out right after work and arrived just in time to get situated on site 31 just before dark. There were about 40 other campers taking advantage of the great November weather. It was a little chilly at night, but nothing that the nice roaring fire couldn't help. On Saturday, we took a long walk on the beach followed by a bike ride along the paved path. We also visited with my parents since we were in town and my brother came out to the park and joined us for coffee on Saturday morning too. It was nice surprise although he got us out of bed....LOL!

I cannot believe that another camping season has come to a close! I will always say that we didn't get to camp enough, but this season seems like we really didn't. Now, the Pod is all winterized and packed away for another Michigan winter in the barn.  We are counting down the days until we hit the road next spring!


Site 31 at Sterling State Park in Monroe, MI.

We really needed this fire to keep
us toasty warm at night!

Lake Erie Love!

We couldn't ask for a more beautiful fall in Michigan!

Hoodies, bonfires and pretty leaves....oh my!

Jim and I took a very spur of the moment camping trip to Harrison Lake State Park in Fayette, Ohio the last weekend in October. It is very rare to have good camping weather in late October in Michigan, but we were fortunate to score a 70 degree day. We were surprised at how full the campground was, but I think everyone else had the same idea.

Harrison Lake is a short 40-minute drive from our home. The weather was perfect on Saturday as we enjoyed a 5-mile hike around the entire park. I could ramble on about the beauty of the area at this time of year, but I think my pictures would do a better job of that.

Ironically we were on site 113 which was the same site that
we camped on the last time we were here.


Fall in Ohio - just goregous!

I just love this time of year!

The spillway

The beauty that surrounded us!

This picture doesn't do the colors justice, but is still beautiful!