After weeks of working on trucks to get them ready to go, we had Mike's rock crawler loaded up to head to Michigan, our 3rd annual camping trip with the other Alspaugh family. Last year we had a lot bigger trailer to haul both Mike's fun truck and Matt's, as well, so Matt could pull a camper. This year we both did cabins so Matt and Mike could each haul their own truck.
Our first meal at our little cabin--hot dogs and potato chips and carrots.
The first of many corn hole games between David and his cousins (and aunt and uncle)
Wes sure loved playing with his RC cars whenever he could, or at least whenever the batteries weren't dead.
Looks like a pretty serious game of corn hole going on!
It rained Friday morning, so
Mike and I took advantage of a chance to slip out for a nice date together. We were headed to a coffee shop, but we stopped here instead.
After that we just drove around to see what we could find. We happened upon a very quiet, secluded beach area where we could breathe in the beauty of nature and just sit and talk. It was one of the highlights of the trip to me since driving trucks in the dunes really isn't all that appealing to me.
After we left the beach, we found a few quaint little places around, like this cute little cherry farm that also grew their own lavender.
Once the skies cleared for the day, we finally made it out to the dunes with the trucks and had some family beach time. We also visited our favorite eating place, Frickin Chicken! Definitely the best wings I've ever tasted. It's something we look forward to every year now.
We set up "camp" on the beach by a teepee that someone built, so Chrissy and I had fun adding a few more sticks to it. Wonder how long it will stay there?
And this time it was Kase who thoroughly enjoyed driving his RC car in the sand.
Looks like Mike may have gotten a bit adventurous! I'm just glad I was nice and comfortable at the beach rather than riding in that truck!
Saturday was Matt's birthday, so we kept it full of lots of fun activity the entire day.
They enjoyed meeting other people who enjoy doing what they do. This "bug" parked beside us was pretty cool!
Mike's truck is on the bottom of this pic, and Matt's is the one closer to the top.
Mike and David and I had a lot of fun playing Putt Putt till late at night.
Sunday we took a guided Dune Ride Tour where we learned more about the dunes. The guide was a lot of fun and cracked jokes the whole time.
And, of course, we found another ice cream stand that we couldn't resist.
I stayed behind that afternoon and got in some good reading time.
Monday morning we got up early and immediately started packing up and loading trucks to go home.
We stopped at our annual stop at a blueberry farm so I could get blueberry coffee for my friend at home who checked in on my cats. We got ten pounds of fresh blueberries (that I freeze and use all year long), got some fresh blueberry donuts, and we got to try these amazing blueberry cookies!
And we excitedly stopped at one of our favorite restaurants on the way home for lunch, Raising Canes. We sadly don't have one close to us in Columbus, so that's what made this stop so exciting.
Soon enough, we made it back home to our kitties, who were super happy to see us.
Till next time, Michigan! The boys look forward to this trip all year long! Though I'm not into the truck part, I don't mind a trip to the beach where it's actually cooler than it is here.
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