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Day 1 - This camping trip had some pretty serious milestones/events: Holly's first camping trip! First
camping trip without Bailey aka Brown Dog. She passed away 2 days before we left. And camping during Covid-19. The camp store and
all amenities are closed. No bathhouses or playground equipment are open. All state parks in the area are closed and that means no swimming at the beach! We have arrived at camp. Thomas site is directly across the street from their site from 2017! Trip was uneventful except for seeing the high water near the Zilwaukee Bridge due to the 2 dams that failed on the Titabawassee River. Lots of rivers are extremely high but no water over the highway. Campfire first night. Joey tried to make Jiffy Pop over the fire and then John Martinelli took over and dropped it in the fire!
Day 2 - Josh cooked breakfast burgers and helped Kevin level his camper. Matt had to buy a new toilet and thermostat from Camper World. Wrong thermostat. ;-( Matt, Jay, Brau, John and their wives went riding today. Matt's razor blew a tire, and over heated. Turns out the impeller in the water pump ate itself. Joey and Alex walked 1.5 miles to a creek. They wore knives for protection. They saw running water, it looked red and oily. Few minnows and lots of snails and some isopods in the water. Joey tried to grab it, bumped his head on a branch, freaked out and dropped it. They also saw a dead catfish dried up. We had chicken for dinner. Josh spent 5 hours sorting pics on his new laptop.
Night of day 2: 4:10am rain starts and ramps up in intensity. I had to stumble out and lower one side of the awning and close the bin under my bed. 5:30 still awake but rain has stopped.
Day 3 - Matt and Amy have made breakfast burritos. No one rides because Matt's razor is kaput. Josh took the dogs on a hike and then got gas and bottles of water. He sorted more pictures and actually found time to write some more of the outline for book 2! Jeani and Ellie played Animal Crossing all day with Amy. Turnips!! Turnips for sale and buy! Joey hung with Alex and Jake. Brandon went home early. John and Tracey did the same thing. Jay took pics of the dog beds that Josh made for Amy and Maria. We had spaghetti for dinner. Josh was able to write more of the outline for book 2. Amy did her Squidward interpretative dance routine around the campfire.
Day 4 - Pack up and head home. The Covid-19 faults aside, we had a really good time. |