Our first camping trip of 2008
We had a great time. On this beautiful day we hiked on some of the trails and came out onto the beach. It was gorgeous and completely deserted. The kids tore off their clothes, ran down the dunes and played in the ICE COLD water. BRRRRRR! How it is that kids don't mind that I will never know.
On our hike the kids couldn't resist crossing these fallen trees. Nicolas and Christian were able to walk across but Matthew and Gabey just wanted to scoot across at first.
Gabe has no fear and decided he could walk across too. It didn't work out so well. He fell in and then lost a Croc in the muck. Nick and Dad both tried to get it out with no success. I was incredibly irritated that I had to go in with my clothes on to get it out. 
Yeah, the Croc has been found... no more tree walking - we're off on our hike.
We had to make it up this big dune and it was hard, especially for Lily. Poor dog, she was SO tired. It was even harder for her to come up the bigger dune on the other side to get back to camp! She was exhausted!
Beautiful Lake Michigan - all to ourselves. Do you know how rare that is? It was glorious!
The next day our friends Al, Liz and Oak came out to visit. We had lunch and hung out at the beach.
Oak is just starting to learn how to walk :) 
Here is his Daddy, Al, he's a GIANT!
This is the first time I had ever run on a trail. My girlfriend, Lyn, and her little Jilli and I ran down this path. I liked it so much I went back the next day :) It is much softer than running on concrete!
