A day on a beach.. in Sleeping Bear Dunes

Well, it was HOT today.. Duke & I started off our day with our daily walk to the top of Sleeping Bear Dunes.. we get whipped around by sand, then head back to the camp grounds. 

 I saw they had a notice about Cougars posted.. I had to laugh.. (inside joke.)

 The Sleeping Bear Dunes Trail is only one of many, but, my bike had a flat, it's only 3 km from our campground, and then 3km around the trail, and then back 3km, so we can handle that.. The others are further, now that my bike's fixed, Duke & I might trot on over to a further trail and try it out tomorrow.

 After the Trail, Duke & I walk find the beach enterance, and walk along it toward the campground to fetch Jerry for a beach adventure.

 Once all together.. we enjoy the day on the beach.

The water's lovely! The beaches were almost empty.. very nice time of year to come on out!

Later this same day I took off and went into town with the bike (which Jerry fixed after the beach).. Nice town, just a few km from our campsite, with little shops, and IGA, and lots of little cafes and SPAs, which is what I was aiming for!.  So, I'm now a pampered manicured camper (that's very important you know).
XOXO!
Sof

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park

We are very much enjoying Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park.. 

 A little more remote, which meets our needs. We're in a camping area with NO electricity, except for the campsite we're on (shhh don't tell anyone.).  So, we're cheating a little as it's over 94 degrees outside, and we have air conditioning while we sleep.. oh well!

Duke & I have been enjoying our adventures in the mornings, we come back and then Jerry, Duke and I chill out then go for another adventure.

So far the adventures included finding the Dunes at 7am and walking much of them this morning.  We felt the winds picking up something nasty, so we got back before a hail and thunder storm.. It didn't last long.  Afterwards, the three of us headed to a Scenic drive in the area to catch some of the local beauty and eat out in the little tourist town near by.  Then we headed back, napped in the hammock (The hammock Jerry bought and put up after much whining from my (I can't see how one can be on a camping trip without a hammock!) and then Duke & I went for a bike ride.

There are tons of hiking trails to choose from, of various difficulty levels, and a bike trail which goes for miles.  So, lots to do for all of us.
We ended the evening with a wonderful steak dinner here at the campsite.
Tomorrow's supposed to be in the 90s again, I'd like to spend much of the day at the beach, as we haven't really gotten there yet, other than hiking above it.
XOXO
Sofie

Pinery Provincial Park 2012

We found our way to the east coast of Lake Huron, at Pinery Provincial Park.. That's just north of Sarnia.  The camp sites are ok, not very private, but the facilities & trails were great!  Many different trails to choose from.

There are many trails, from easy to not so easy.. there is also a wonderful 13km bike trail connecting everything.  One of there 9 Beaches is a dog beach, so Duke was HAPPY!

 Camp sites where kinda too close to each other for us, remember, we like being in the desert ALONE..but, there is so much to do in the Park, we didn't mind.  AND the bathrooms and showers were GREAT!

Graceland, Elvis and another DDD!

So, we found Elvis alive and well, he's everywhere in Graceland, TN!

We stopped into Marlow's, a DDD that Jerry, Kaily & Travis visited three years ago, on their trip to Mexico.  It wasn't as good as Jerry remembered it to be, it was still fun.

  It worked out well that we stopped there was a major storm system blowing through the Memphis area, they were forecasting ping pong ball size hailstones  , so we just sat in the parking lot until it blew past

 Fried Green Tomatoes!