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Camping

For out last camping trip we went to Pokagon State Park.  The campgrounds were very nice; it might be my favorite state park we visited this summer.


Nate got off work an hour early and the state park is only 50 minutes away, but we still got in a little late.  We set up our site, heated up chili for dinner, and had a campfire.  I had found these fun glow stick headbands at Kroger on clearance.


Saturday morning after breakfast we went on a 2.2 mile hike to Hell's Point which is the highest point in the park and the third highest in the county.  It was a fun hike in that the scenery changed, there were some up and downhills, and no one complained they were tired.




There was a chance of rain around dinner time so we decided to make hobo pies for lunch and save hot dogs for dinner.  Evelyn and Jameson did a decent job of entertaining themselves at campsite.  The campground was pretty full but we were lucky and didn't have any neighbors so we really could spread out.


After lunch we decided to hike and try to find the beach.  We didn't bring swim suits because the beach is technically closed after Labor day, but we still waded in the water to cool off.


The rain held off long enough for us to roast hot dogs, make s'mores, and enjoy the campfire before bedtime.  At some point in the night it rained really hard.  Nate and I couldn't sleep it was so loud in the tent.  But it wasn't windy and there wasn't any thunder or lightening and most importantly we stayed dry.


We packed everything up in the car this morning and did one last hike.  Evelyn did great but Jameson was tired and whinny.  It was a longer hike and we had had a full weekend, but it was still nice to get out and move before driving back home.  


We recently learned how beech trees have smooth bark which gives people the idea of carving initials or drawings into the tree, but that hurts the tree so Evelyn has taken to hugging beech trees that have carvings in them.

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