[2018-upper-mi]

July 11, 2018 Day 8 Marquette, MI

So…we decide to have breakfast burritos again.  What can we say, they were good.  I loved that we were having vegetables on a daily basis, which is sometimes a camp luxury. We headed out to explore the campground we were staying at since it was the number three item listed for Marquette on Trip Advisor.

[2018-upper-mi]

July 9, 2018 Day 6 Marquette, MI

Last night Scott and I headed to the store to stock up on food.  I went down one aisle, Scott went down another and said he’d be right back.  Ten minutes later I was looking up and down the aisles trying to find him since I was ready to go.  I finally found him talking with an employee named Tom. Tom works demos at the store.  He had just finished doing a demo on ice cream sundaes.  He and Scott had been talking about Honey Buns and Rice Krispie Treats and the best deals, and Tom offered Scott his leftovers from his demo day.  Tom gave us four large beautiful peaches, an entire container of vanilla yogurt, and chocolate syrup. He offered for us to come back some more days at the end of his shift to get more too.  Thanks to Tom we had a delicious breakfast of cantaloupe, peaches, and vanilla yogurt.

[2016-upper-mi-and-black-hills-sd]

July 25, 2016–Day 21–Spearfish, South Dakota to Custer, South Dakota

Scott fit in a two hour mountain bike ride before 9:30. He said he liked the trail, but next time he is going to have me drop him off at the top since he said most of the time climbing up.

[2016-upper-mi-and-black-hills-sd]

July 13, 2016–Day 9–Copper Harbor, MI

Brooke’s inaugural reporting with picture captions from Mom.

[2016-upper-mi-and-black-hills-sd]

July 14, 2016-Day10-Copper Harbor, MI to Porcupine Mountains Union Bay

Scott headed out on a mountain bike ride early this morning.  He slipped a bit on the wooden structure in the drizzling rain, so he cut his ride short.

[2016-upper-mi-and-black-hills-sd]

July 10, 2016–Day 6–Peninsula State Park to Boulder Lake in Nicolet Forest

Scott went for a mountain bike ride while we got in some extra snuggle and glow stick dance party time. After a breakfast of pancakes we headed back to the beach.

[2015-southeastern-us]

July 26, 2015–Day 21 Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina

We started the day with a little wrestling, but then Cody worked quietly on his Legos while I cleaned up the tent.  We ate some French Toast in the sunny sixty degree weather.  It was a nice change from the super sticky heat.

[2015-southeastern-us]

July 8, 2015–Day 3 Indiana Dunes to Kalamazoo, MI

Warm tiny limbs wrapping around my neck and back were my wake up call this morning.  There isn’t a better way to wake up.  After a little snuggle Cody swung into full energy mode singing a song he created, “Mama Long Legs.” After some snuggle I slipped out of the tent to splash some water on my face to try to feel a little human.  Some people need coffee to get their morning started.  I really just need some water to splash on my face.  Brushing my teeth and hair and a little exercise are a fantastic bonus too.

Palm Springs Road Trip

We left at 9:25 for the first time and had to turn around 5 minutes later when April called to ask, “did you forget the pizza?”  Doh!  My friend Ed loves Lou Malnati’s pizza so there was no option but to turn around for it.  Luckily we wern’t far from home. After jamming the pizzas in the car we left for the second time at 9:38. We came very close to being forced to deploy the alternate transportation method (bikes) just north of Springfield after pushing the gas gauge to the red and beyond.

[2014-colorado]

Day 16: July 29th, 2014 Mesa Verde, Colorado to Durango, CO

Yahoo!!! A Super Jackpot Day!!!