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Camping Adventure Part 2

May 15, 2012

Like I mentioned in the last post Walker and I plus friends went camping over the weekend. Our friends joined up Friday night and it was a hoot watching them try to put up the tent in the dark. It was nice having our friends come out so I could have more people to take pictures of me jumping. It looks so silly but I was having such a fun time doing it. Even my roommate joined in!

Saturday was jam packed with activity. We took a hike to Gorman falls. It’s so beautiful, seriously. While the weather was quite perfect it wasn’t so warm that the water felt refreshing mostly just really cold. Last time we were there it was over 100 degrees and as sunny as could be so the dip felt like heaven. This time I got in just because we had hiked the whole way and there was no way I wasn’t getting in.

We had lunch and then rested while more friends arrived. In the afternoon we went back to the lagoon area and followed the little ponds, streams, and waterfalls as far as we could. We were rewarded kindly with a somewhat larger and beautiful waterfall. But of course we had to hike back through the slippery water (most parts were not deep enough to swim in). By this time we were all ready to start a fire, eat dinner, play some charades, make smores, and head to bed.

The next day we packed up and took one more trip to the lagoon (for me, everyone else went on a hike while I read and relaxed) before heading back to reality.

August 31, 2011

On these extremely hot days I think of the very comfortable temperatures in Michigan from my trip home a couple of weeks ago. So comfortable in fact that I was able to sit in the sun at the beach for hours and be completely content. I did get a pretty nice sun burn though since I really couldn’t tell my skin was frying. See here in Texas the my entire body cringes when the sun beats down and all I can think of is damaging UV rays. AHHH. So I guess both places have their ups and downs. Very soon here I’ll be traveling to Michigan, this time for my sister’s wedding. While the temperatures here will remain above frying I’ll be flying into a cool Autumn. Just saying Autumn makes me smile. 🙂 See! Don’t worry though it will still be feeling like summer when I return. Here are a few photos of my last Fall trip to Michigan. I’ll be sure to share some new ones, especially since I’ll finally be going to Isle Royal! Next to the wedding of course this is the highlight of the trip.

I guess it's a feet kind of night!

Apple orchard in Northwest MichiganWe didn't just take a photo with the sign, we hiked a lot.Fall leaves in the Upper Peninsula

We didn't just take a photo with the sign, we hiked a lot.

Fall leaves in the Upper Peninsula