Camping Weekend

Last weekend, we went camping at Peninsula State Park in Door County. I'd never been there before, and continue to be impressed with the facilities at Wisconsin's State Parks. Our trip started out a little rocky - we'd forgotten the tent poles - but as Brian went off to try and buy rope and/or a new tent at a semi-local Walmart (because Walmarts are everywhere), Dad and Darleen tried to attempt some sort of structure with ropes, the people camping next to us came over and offered us an extra 4-person tent they had in their camper. Super-nice people. So we did that. We gave them some beer - but I think we got the better end of the bargain.

Some highlights: we didn't take the boats but kindof wished we had. We did take our bikes and went exploring around the park, including the lighthouse that we weren't willing to pay $4 a person to tour.



We played in the water for a while, not swimming as Green Bay is cold and it's not that warm out. Jacob played for about an hour and half down at the canoe launch. First throwing rocks into the water, getting his shoes all wet, then finally taking his shoes off and rolling his pants up to wade in and play. He probably would have played there for another hour as well, but Allison and Dad had headed back to the campsite 45 minutes before and I worried they would wonder what happened to us. Walking back to the campsite was funny because his pants were wet and his shoes were wet and he didn't want to walk but when I picked him up - he kept asking to be put back down to investigate the flowers. So it was slow going until we ran into Allison and Grandma with dry sandals. To solve the pants problem we just took them off and Jacob walked the rest of the way in his underwear.





Saturday night it rained - and we were glad we had an actual tent to be in. Sunday was wet - but I think we looked.... um.... respectable.



Brian left early on Sunday to catch a flight to Germany. We climbed up Eagle Tower to enjoy the view - and then Grandma and Grandpa headed home and the kids and I went up into Sister Bay. We ate at Al Johnson's Swedish restaurant (with the goats that live on the roof), played at the local park, and then did Pirates Cove mini golf. Thankfully the mini-golf was not crowded because the kids were racing through it like mad. Allison did score two hole-in-ones though. Despite the slow beginning - we ended up having a great time and I hope to get back to Peninsula again.