Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Killing time. . .

We left Holland, Michigan, yesterday morning. The campground there was pretty much a pit. We were told when we checked in that the restrooms had just been "redone," but I'm not sure now what that meant. Since we didn't have full hookups and were staying a week, that was a concern, but we got along without using their facilities, with the help of the "blueboy." The pool was supposed to be open for the weekend, but strangely, it was not. And it was expensive as far as campgrounds go.

The bright spot was our neighbors. Four guys who were camping and fishing in Lake Michigan with the 24' fishing boat the one guy had. They caught lake salmon and brought some over for us one night. Boy was it good.

I did get to do some shopping and we visited Sagautuck, Douglas, and Grand Haven. We were going to take a tour of a Great Lakes cargo/ferry boat. It is the last one afloat on the Great Lakes.
It is moored in Douglas, Michigan, and tours are available; however, it was not due to open until Memorial Day and we were a day early. We were at Grand Haven on Memorial Day and it was very crowded. It was a very hot day and everyone was headed out to the state park beach. We walked that way, but didn't go all the way out. I did take pictures of the boats coming/going off the lake. Boy you see all sizes of boats, but there were some huge boats headed out onto Lake Michigan.
Yachts. We did some browsing in Grand Haven's shopping district. Very nice little town, much like Sagautuck.


My connection here is very slow, so I won't be able to post pictures, but once we get back to Goshen, I will do that. We are in a park in Decatur, Michigan, and will be here until Friday when we head back to Indiana. My crowns are to be ready on June 5, and I am ready for them. I cannot eat any solid food as the temporaries keep popping off and breaking.

Till next time. . .

Dale

4 comments:

Janice and Dean said...

Hey Dale,

Keep us posted on the "crowns". Where are you heading after the dentist is done?

Dale said...

Hey, Janice,

Crowns are Monday, June 5. Leave same day for Mississippi and the Pace family reunion. Then camping 30 miles away at Red Bay, Alabama, for coach work. When done there, Memphis for acupuncture treatments. Have to be back in Indianapolis July 19 for Terry's cardio-electrophysioligist appointment. Another doctor appointment a week later in Indy, then I think we are going to the UP and see if we can spot any Yoopers.

Dale

Janice and Dean said...

OK, I have to ask - What are Yoopers???

Dale said...

I forget you southerners aren't privy to the northern lingo. The
U-P is the upper peninsula of Michigan. We say UP as in ewe-pee. Yoopers are people who live in the U-P.

:-)

Dale