Discovering New Things

Hello world!

The wife and I had a chance to go camping last week, so we jumped at the chance and travelled to Tawas Point SP, along Lake Huron. We had a wonderful time, albeit shorter than we'd like.

While walking along the beach one late afternoon we noticed that the lake level had certainly risen from the previous years, but hadn't returned to the levels that we had witnessed when we first started camping there years ago. We also saw baby seagulls. I had never seen these tiny miniature imitations along the beach before. It's a lot like baby squirrels, you know they must exist but you never see them. The parents, proud I'm sure, were watching from a safe distance and kept the flock of 12 or so babies nearby. The babies didn't seem to mind us as much as the parents did, as they were busy foraging for stuff, like a normal sized gull would do. The nice thing is that the babies didn't seem to make that annoying racket that the adults do.

Of course I didn't have my camera with me, so just imagine for a moment a dozen seagulls, but pint-sized ones, running along the beach.

Last trip postponed

Well due to some personal matters that are quite serious we've had to cancel our last camping trip for the summer. Originally scheduled to go to Brimley SP, near Sault Ste. Marie. We are going to miss seeing Mustard's Retreat, our favorite folk group, who will be performing at Paradise for the Wild Blueberry Festival. All I can do is sigh and hope that this isn't the signal for how the remainder of summer will go. Let's hope not! ;-)

July Travels

Yes, I know it's August, but I've been busy...
Here are some pictures from our recent trip to see our daughter, Rachel, in Bowling Green, KY.

We had a great time at the Lost River Cave, and their Underground Boat Tour. The day was in the low to mid 90s, so the 58 degree temps in the cave were a great relief. Sorry the pictures from inside the cave didn't turn out.