Traversing in Traverse City

We enjoyed a fun weekend up in Traverse City. The campground was right across the street from the bay. Keaton was actually looking forward to going camping with us for a change...because Elizabeth came with us. We spent some time enjoying the beach and exploring Traverse City. We did a lot of bike-riding...riding over 8 miles one day! Cyrus had a rough night the first night when it stormed. He didn't know what to do and we pulled an all-nighter trying to calm him down. But, the rest of the weekend's weather was perfect and he enjoyed lots of walks (luckily we had lots of plastic bags). Keaton and Elizabeth went to the mall one afternoon to find some clothes for senior pictures and Keaton came home with a new hybrid. (It's a golf club for you non-golfers.  That might be kind of hard to wear though.) We headed over to the Sleeping Bear Dunes after dinner out one night (since we were up north, we HAD to have whitefish...I think it's required in northern Michigan). Matt was proud to be able to leave his initials on the pinball game at the restaurant. (Nerd.) We tried to enjoy a nice sunset, but the clouds rolled in and blocked our view. Keaton had another milestone...he drove home from Traverse City without us on Sunday so Elizabeth could go to band camp (this one time at band camp...). Matt and I enjoyed some alone time with Cyrus and went out to visit a lighthouse on the peninsula. We came home on Monday afternnon and were able to get the motor home emptied before the rain came. It was another great weekend and Keaton was happy to have us back home...or maybe he was just happy to have the junk food back. We asked Elizabeth what she thought of camping and she said our motor home was just like an apartment. That's my kind of camping, though...air-conditioning, ice-maker, and my vacuum.