Houghton lake camping trip

This is the campground where we stayed this weekend.

We got there on Friday afternoon and set up. Set up time

is getting a lot quicker everytime we go. Anyways we set

up and sat around and relaxed the rest of the night.

The truck and the camper. The weather was kind of

cool but great for camping. Saturday we got up and

had our coffee and just relaxed. The temps were about

28 degrees. We decided we would take a ride over to my

dads house for a little while.

This a picture of Houghton Lake, Mi we took on

Saturday. It was a beautiful day. Just a few clouds

and it was around 55 degrees.

Here is another picture of Houghton Lake.

Here is a picture Dan took at a stop we made

comming home from my Dads. It is Muskegon river.

Here is another one of Muskegon river and a little bridge.

We went home and got our showers and was relaxing and I

heard a horn blow. I looked out and it was my Dad and his wife

Brenda. They came to check out our little camper and campsite.

I was really suprised. They stayed about a hour and left. Dan and I

just sat and relaxed the rest of the night. The next day we woke up

around 6 am and was freezing our butts off. The propane ran out in

one of the tanks. We are getting a gauge for them darn tanks, all

done freezing my butt off. We packed up and was on the road by 10 am.

Sunday morning @ Cadillac woods

Well we got up and I made us my farm fresh eggs, bacon and toast. We sat around and had our coffee and just took in the beauty of the colors and the leaves falling. We hated to have to pack up and go but all good things come to a end. We packed up and went to the dump station to deposit our load. Lol. Then off we went on our way home. We could not have asked for more. It was just beautiful weather and a relaxing time there at the Cadillac woods campground. Thanks for reading my blog and keep a reading for more of Lori and Dan's Great Expeditions.

Saturday afternoon

Me and my Dad

Country road

 

Energy wind mill

 

Energy mill

 

Dan's drink while playing yahtzee

 

Saturday night campfire

 

Campfire and camper

Well it is afternoon and to warm for a bonfire so we decided to go to see my Dad. Were there for a couple of hours. I just love my dad so much. He is the best. We left there and headed back for the campground. Dan had to stop and pee so I got out and took a picture of the ole country dirt road. It turned out nice. I also took some pictures of the energy wind mills. Them things are huge. We finally  got back and had a little bit to eat. Dan started a bonfire and mixed up a jack and coke and we sat back around the bonfire. We thought we would play alittle yahtzee. Well let me share something with you. We were playing yahtzee and my honey put the dice in his jack and coke by accident. He looked at me and we both cracked up. He has done this before not drinking though. But it was still funny. We started to get hungry so we got out our little bonfire sandwich makers and I mixed up pizza sauce, cheese and pepperoni  in a bowl and we had pizza pockets. Mmmm good! We sat by the fire and just relaxed. Well it was now time to go in and get our showers. We just layed back and relaxed the rest of the night.

2nd day at Cadillac woods

Cadillac woods store

Little cabin at campground

Little cabins with swing

Truck and camper at campsite

Dan and our camper

Well morning is here and we got up and had some coffee. It is already a nice day. We are having upper 70 degree weather in October. Indian summer I guess. I hate to see it go. We really didn't do much but play with our new smart phones that we got. Technology I tell you is something else these days. It is amazing. I took some pictures of our campground and the cabins in the morning. I really loved this little campground. All the leaves were falling and it was so beautiful. Above are some of the pics that I took of the campground

Our 2nd camping trip

Well this is our second camping trip with our new camper. We got off of work and Dan had the camper all hooked up by the time I got home. We had a little bit of stuff to pack. We got on the road and had to stop at a few places and then get a bite to eat. We arrived at our campground at around 6:30 P.m. We camped at Cadillac Woods. We got settled in and sat around and relaxed. We both were getting alittle hungry and didn't feel like cooking to much so we headed to cadillac and got us a bite to eat. I know crazy right? Well when your hungry your hungry. Lol. We got back to the campsite and took our showers and played a little yahtzee then some tv and time to hit the hay.

Time to go home

We got up fairly early and had coffee. I made our first breakfast in our new camper. Scrambled eggs, bacon and toast. The great outdoors creates a appetite. After breakfast it was time to pack things up. Had a time trying to figure out the awning again. I think we got it down now. Packed up and went to the dump station and emptied out. There was only a few campers there this time of the year so we had our pick of the spots. It is a nice campground and will stay again sometime. We had a relaxing time.

Our second night at Kestlewoods campground

On our second day we had to go back home because I left my insulin at home. So on our way back home we stopped at the rv show in Cadillac, Mi. We picked up a few things. We stopped home and then went back to our campground. It was in the 60's during the day. We had hotdogs for lunch. And then Dan took a nap. I went out to the picnic table and got on my computer. We could not get the wifi in our camper. Dan got up and we went up to the little camp store and picked up a few things.They had these really good good humor ice cream cones. Half chocolate and half vanilla with chocolate on top and nuts. We then went back to camp and started a bonfire. Had great intentions on making pizza pockets in the little sandwich makers that you can get for the bonfire. I washed them up and stuck them in the fire to get them warm and one of them melted. Can you believe that? They are metal! So we started up the grill and had hamburgers. We sat outside and played yahtzee by the bonfire while our hamburgers were cooking on the grill. After we ate we went to the shower house instead of using ours and took our showers. They had pretty descent shower rooms. Then back to the camper and played a little more yahtzee and watched cops and had our yummy ice cream cones. Then to bed again fairly early.

Our first time camping with our new travel trailer

We finally got to try out our new travel trailer. We had most everything packed on Thursday September 20th and just had a few things on Friday. We started out after we got off of work. On our way out we realized we had no lights and figured out the the plug cover on the truck was missing so our plug from the camper was not staying connected. We wedged it in until we got there. We stayed at Kestelwoods campground in Wellston, MI. When we set up I had forgot how to set up the awning so that was frustrating. We figured it out though.  We did not get all set up until around 7:30 pm so we just had pizza that we picked up for dinner. I used the shower which was nice, but I think I want to get a wrap around shower rod. I had water on the floor when I was done. Thats where a glass door shower comes in handy. We just sat inside and played a little yahtzee and then laid in bed and watched a little tv and feel asleep around 10:30.

The inside of our travel trailer

                              Here are some pictures of our new travel trailer. We have updated a few things like the mattress pad on the bed, new stove cover and tv.

Our new camper

Well we finally did it. We recently purchased this 2012 Amerilite 21 Mb LE travel trailer. It is small but I really like it. It's all you need really unless you are going for months at a time. Here it is in our back yard.