Long weekend in Yooperland!

We decided we needed to squeeze in a few more camping trips this year and spend some time together as a family since our summer was so busy. We had a wonderful time together. It was fun to see the girls enjoying themselves so much. This is really their thing. We wanted to camp at Bay View but it was full so we went to Monocle Lake, a National Forest Campground. It was great, we camped in the woods right on the lake. We had Sarah's friend Taylor with us and wanted to show her around so we did some touristy things too. We also saw part of the forest fire, it was sad but we were glad to see some new growth already coming up. The fire is 67% contained and they figure it will not actually go out until it snows. Here are some pics! Amanda chilling on the hammock.

Sarah and Amanda at Point Iroquios Lighthouse.

Tahquamenon Falls, the water level is so low this year it looked really strange to us.

Sarah, Amanda and Sarah's friend Taylor in St. Ignace.

These are the most bizarre hats I have ever seen!

Long Weekend

First we took the Car Ferry across Lake MI because we had to take the girls to Wisconsin to stay with their aunt for a week. We really enjoyed the trip and Sarah cleaned up the prizes playing "Badger Bingo".

At the dock in Wisconsin

On Friday Phil, Dex and I took a wonderful drive through the UP on Hwy 2. We had to get to Kalkaska for the family reunion by Saturday. The line of smoke you see in the background is from the Luce County Fire, it had just started but we could smell it and see it from where we were.

Phil and I rode over to check out the cabin and see the new additions. Jeff has done a lot of work. This is one of my favorite places in the world to be and it has been recently dubbed "Paradise".

What we've been up to

We decided to stop by where my brother works and get the grand tour. It was pretty cool to see where he works and what he does.
Lt. Peco