Camping Celebration

After church Sunday, in which we were offically extended the right hand of fellowship (ie welcomed as members), we loaded up the car and went to Hoffmaster State Park in Muskegon, MI. We got to use a wedding gift for the very first time, our tent. It only took us two years to break our tent out of the box and go camping! After the last day and a half we should have done it a whole lot sooner. Kate and I set up camp and headed to the "beach" on Lake Michigan (Currently, we are having a discussion as to what exactly constitutes a beach. Personally, I

believe the beach only to be located at the ocean. The MI native (Kate) thinks that anything with sand and water is the beach. We will let you decide :) ) It was good to get out and just relax. Of course jumping into Lake Michigan anytime of year isn't exactly relaxing but we did it anyway. It actually warms up after you go numb! Went back to our campsite, warmed up and made dinner over the fire. Had way too much to eat including our brats, smores and doughboys. Finished the night playing frisbee, cards and Kate attempting to kill every bug in the greater Muskegon area. Personally, I questioned whether or not we really were camping since we did bring our queen size air mattress. Either way we did get a good night sleep.

The sun really does get up early the first week of July and this morning so did we. Had a true Fresh Start breakfast this morning: sausage, egg, cheese and bagel sandwich. We sure do eat a lot. Walked along the beach then got packed up. Kate, and now I had joined in too, were now determined to get all the bugs. Less than thirty seconds after we closed the trunk and had the last item packed the heavens opened up and the rains came down and they came down fast and hard. As soon as we got home, I checked out the weather radar, and we had gone through the orange and red rain storms (that was for both of our Dads). Orange and red are the most severe storms. All the camping gear stayed dry, yeah! The Dodds are very happy and thankful for the day away to celebrate two years of marriage together and time to unwind. Setting up the tent. Eating doughboys!

Happy 2 years!!