Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Presque Isle - Labor Day

What a weekend! We had a great adventure. Friday evening we packed up the Tahoe, loaded up the camper and headed 3 hours north to beautiful Presque Isle. We arrived at the campground around 9:30pm, met up with Lucas' parents, and set up our camper. We let Cassidy run around a bit. She had slept a portion of the trip, so she was pretty wound up once we arrived. We enjoyed a campfire for a bit and headed to bed.

Saturday morning, Janette made breakfast. It was delicious. (I think everything must taste better when you make it over a fire or on a camp stove!) Then we headed out on the bikes. We went to the Old and New Presque Isle Lighthouses. While we were at the New Presque Isle lighthouse, we saw they were advertising a free-will donation picnic, so we decided to have lunch before we biked back to the campground. It was a lovely picnic lunch of hot dogs or brats, potato salad, baked beans, lemonade and brownies. It was quite nice! I think Cassidy's favorite part was the swingset. We couldn't get her off the swings. After our picnic, we biked back to the campground, packed up a bag, and headed to the beach at Grand Lake. We enjoyed a lovely afternoon at the beach. The girls both went swimming and Cassidy played in the sand. After a lovely afternoon at the beach, we headed back to the campground, got cleaned up, took Cassidy to the playground, and got dinner together. After dinner we relaxed by the fire and enjoyed the beautiful starry night.



Sunday morning we had breakfast with Abe and Shirley aboard the Loon-A-Sea. Shirley made a delicious breakfast which included sausage gravy and biscuits (my favorite!). After breakfast, Lucas and I took Cassidy and Cailin back to Grand Lake while Bill and Janette went canoeing on Lake Esau. After canoeing, they joined us at the beach for lunch and relaxation. We enjoyed another perfect day at the beach. Afterward, we headed back to the campground. We enjoyed another biking adventure (with ice cream), and then made foil dinners. After dinner we relaxed by the campfire and enjoyed another starry night. Cailin wasn't sleeping well, so I sat with her by the fire and we saw a shooting star. What a way to complete our beautiful weekend!




It was a wonderful end to our summer....now we are planning our fall camping trips!

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