Friday was another down day. We tried to fish in the river. Joe
caught a 5 inch bass on his own. But it was too hot to catch much
more. So, we planned to come back later. Naps and shopping filled the
rest of the day...with a trip across from our hotel to the ice cream
shop!
On Saturday, we decided to venture to
Michigan...so the boys could say they had been to Michigan. We headed
to the Warren Dunes State Park...where we had gone in college for
Cross-Country camp workouts. As we pulled into the parking lot...Josh
let out a groan at the sight of the looming dune the guys always had to
run. But we soon switched to delight at the sight of waves in Lake
Michigan. It was another beautiful, perfect hot day to enjoy the cool
water...a run along the water's edge for Amy...and a family run up (and
down) the dune...sand...sand...and more sand...! It proved to be the
favorite out of our 3 Lake Michigan spots...and a true highlight to the
trip!
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| jumping the waves |
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| any chance you can find Jake in this picture... |
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| brrrrrrrr |
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| We ran up the dune...just for Josh |
We finally drew the boys away from the water's edge (with Joe saying goodbye to Lake Michigan..."we'll be back soon, but we live in Indiana")...
And we headed to the Hesston Steam Museum...for trains!
The boys chose to ride two different sized trains that traveled the property (for like one and a half miles).
The smallest train...
And the medium sized train...in the caboose...
(biggest train is in the background of the medium train...and it used to travel the Brookfield Zoo)
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| getting the tickets punched |
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| fueling the fire |
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| checking out other things on the property |
Sunday came sooner than we would have liked...still much we could have done. But we got another fishing trip in Sunday morning...
Then we headed east through the backroads so we could stop at Kelly and Micah Jones' house south of Ft Wayne. After a quick lunch and time to play, we headed the 30 minutes to Taylor U so we could stop at Ivanhoes. It was SO tasty!
And we traveled the final stretch...home...! Just in time for the swim banquet Sunday night! :)
The boys chose to ride two different sized trains that traveled the property (for like one and a half miles).
(biggest train is in the background of the medium train...and it used to travel the Brookfield Zoo)
Then we headed east through the backroads so we could stop at Kelly and Micah Jones' house south of Ft Wayne. After a quick lunch and time to play, we headed the 30 minutes to Taylor U so we could stop at Ivanhoes. It was SO tasty!
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