Today was Merlin’s birthday, so I wrapped their new toys in disposable blue shop rags and taped them with duct tape.
Yes, we celebrate their birthdays every year with new toys and chews, and yes, I wrap them in wrapping paper. Adventure road tripping requires one to be flexible and creative – thus the shop rags and duct tape. Shabby covering aside, it didn’t take long for them to figure out the oddly wrapped items were for them. Squeeka, squeeka is a dog’s favorite language.
We’ve adopted a morning routine which of course includes the morning potty, so I will spare you all the details of our morning dog walks…though I do have some funny photos… ;) Though we were seriously considering another night at the park and a visit to First Baptist Church (a “Fundamental, Independent, Bible-Believing” Baptist Church in Paradise) for morning services on Sunday, we decided to hit the road rather than relocating 30 miles to the campground with an available site. We’re trusting that our fine deacon and music leader, Kevin, will record the Sunday sermons so we can listen on line when we can’t attend local churches.
Before leaving, we wanted to see the actual Tahquamenon Falls so we set out for a walk to the viewing areas. The falls themselves were pretty cool. They too have some amazing statistics. Something along the lines of falls that are second only to Niagara in flow volume or some such thing. We weren’t able to spend much time there because Merlin is apparently terrified of waterfalls. Toes curled and pulling at the end of the leash like a freight train, he was on a mission to extricate himself from this seemingly life threatening situation. Water dog he is not, but panicking while on a wooden viewing platform that’s designed for handicapped access? Sigh. Time to publicize what we already know - our dog is a sissy. Naturally, Twist was intrigued and was happy to jam his head through the fence rails to check out the churning water. The falls are also referred to as root beer falls since the tannins from the nearby cedar forests color the water brown. He was probably just thirsting for an ice cream float.
After the falls visit, we returned to the campsite and did some preliminary mapping to figure out our next destination. We’re getting really good at tearing down and from start to finish, we were done inside a half an hour. Not shabby for newbies, eh? I attribute this to the lack of time consuming novelties that most RVers seem to want to surround themselves with at campsites. We decided to make a game out of what tacky lawn ornaments and goofy items we’ll see on this trip. At Maumee Bay, we saw pink flamingo lawn ornaments and at Tahquamenon Falls we saw what seemed to be miles of blue rope lights draped off of a 38 foot 5th wheel. Are you serious? What possesses people to light up their camper as if they were a government-kept-secret-visitor to Area 51? Bill and Shell, we love our going away gift…but they shall continue to provide a warm glow of light from within rather than emitting a beam of light so bright that the Hubble Space Telescope could pick up. :0)
We headed towards Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park (near Silver City, MI). Along the way, we stopped a few times along Lake Superior and did a little wading at a public beach area. We finally arrived at the park around 6 pm. The sites were lousy – it was a family camp fest with the sites so close together it was difficult to assess which fire ring belonged to which site. We picked the best remaining site (#37) and unhitched. Dinner was cereal (use the milk before it rots!) and was followed by a jaunt down to the beach to view the sunset. It was very pretty and the shoreline was a jigsaw of broken slate type boulders. Fun to scramble on. We let the Boys off lead so they, nor we, wouldn’t break an ankle.
We hung out there for quite a while. It was after 10pm and we still had plenty of daylight to make our way through the maze of rocks back to the trailhead and campground. We had every intention of making it to bed early, but again, it’s hard to go to sleep when nightfall comes so much later than we’re used to. We went to bed after midnight and set the alarm for 7 am for an 8 am departure.
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