Camping Schedule
2007 Camping Schedule
prepared by Diane
QUICK INDEX - click on the blue Trip label to jump to the details
Fri 04-20 thru Sun 04-22 at
Algonac State Park (where else?)
Fri 05-18 thru Sun 05-20 at
Metamora State Park
Fri 06-22 thru Sun 06-24 at
Tawas Point State Park
Fri 07-06 thru Sun 07-08 at
Otsego Lake State Park (near Gaylord)
Fri 08-24 thru Sun 08-26 at
Port Crescent State Park
Fri 09-07 thru Sun 09-09 at
Wilson State Park
Fri 10-05 thru Sun 10-07 at
Waterloo Recreation Area
Camping News
July 10, 2007
Pay attention. We have a new rule. Whoever brings coffee and juice for Saturday breakfast must get them out on the table by 8:00 am. This makes sense and I think everybody will agree.
Pay attention. We have a new rule. Whoever brings coffee and juice for Saturday breakfast must get them out on the table by 8:00 am. This makes sense and I think everybody will agree.
Note
Okay y'all! Let me know what food yool be a bringin'...
Food Suggestions
Okay y'all! Let me know what food yool be a bringin'...
Food Suggestions
Breakfast
Juice and Coffee
Fresh Fruit (salad)
Coffee Cake or Donuts
Bagels with various Cream Cheeses
Pancakes or Waffles or French Toast
Hash Browns
Bacon or Sausage
Scrambled Eggs (with or without fungus)
Supper Fresh Fruit (salad)
Coffee Cake or Donuts
Bagels with various Cream Cheeses
Pancakes or Waffles or French Toast
Hash Browns
Bacon or Sausage
Scrambled Eggs (with or without fungus)
Meat - Chicken or Beef or Pork or All-in-One (sausage or hotdogs), remember the crock-pot
Chili, Stew, Lasagna, Ravioli, Tacos & Burritos
Baked Potatoes or Scallop Potatoes or Cheesy Potatoes
Tossed Salad or Seven-Layer Salad
Corn-on-the-Cob (in season)
Raw Vegi-Tray
Creamy Cucumbers or Bean Saladd
Baked Beans
Taco Salad
Rolls or Corn Bread
Dessert - Cake or Pudding or Pie
Wine (jug or box) (no bottles - remember, this is supper - not dinner)
Cigars
Chili, Stew, Lasagna, Ravioli, Tacos & Burritos
Baked Potatoes or Scallop Potatoes or Cheesy Potatoes
Tossed Salad or Seven-Layer Salad
Corn-on-the-Cob (in season)
Raw Vegi-Tray
Creamy Cucumbers or Bean Saladd
Baked Beans
Taco Salad
Rolls or Corn Bread
Dessert - Cake or Pudding or Pie
Wine (jug or box) (no bottles - remember, this is supper - not dinner)
Cigars
First Trip of 2007 - Fri 04-20 thru Sun 04-22
trip information last modified: 05-04-2007
Who will be There
Alan & Diane
site 27
Matt & Gaylene
site 29
Chuck & Lynne
site 30
Ron & Carol
site 28
Jerry
site 11
Kevin & Lori
site 26
Sandy & Helen
site 25
Saturday Group Breakfast
Alan & Diane
Waffles & Syrup
Matt & Gaylene
Sausage
Chuck & Lynne
Hot Fruit Salad
Ron & Carol
Eggs
Jerry
Fresh Fruit
Kevin & Lori
Hashbrowns
Sandy & Helen
Swedish pancakes
Saturday Group Supper
Alan & Diane
Sweet Potatoes
Matt & Gaylene
Chicken and Bean Soups
Chuck & Lynne
Dessert
Ron & Carol
Mostaccoli
Jerry
Fresh Bread and German Chocolate Cake
Kevin & Lori
Pork Loin
Sandy & Helen
Scalloped Potatoes
Notes about this Trip
The weather was great! Sunny and close to 70 degrees.
Al & Shelly, Gill & Cecille, John & Pauline & Aunt Orthabelle, Bill & Sheri showed up for Saturday dinner.
The State dudes cut down 190 diseased trees in the main campground. Looks like a desert now. What a shame.
We counted well over 50 large ships on the river.
The weather was great! Sunny and close to 70 degrees.
Al & Shelly, Gill & Cecille, John & Pauline & Aunt Orthabelle, Bill & Sheri showed up for Saturday dinner.
The State dudes cut down 190 diseased trees in the main campground. Looks like a desert now. What a shame.
We counted well over 50 large ships on the river.
Second Trip of 2007 - Fri 05-18 thru Sun
05-20
trip information last modified: 05-15-2007
Who will be There
Alan & Diane
site 170
Matt & Gaylene
site 214
Chuck & Lynne
site 212
Ron & Carol
site 173
Jerry
site 175
Kevin & Lori
site 210
Saturday Group Breakfast
Alan & Diane
Coffee and Juice
Matt & Gaylene
Bagels & Cream Cheese
Chuck & Lynne
Sausage
Ron & Carol
Scrambled Eggs with/without fungus
Jerry
Fresh Fruit
Kevin & Lori
French Toast
Saturday Group Supper
Alan & Diane
Bratwurst and Sauerkraut
Matt & Gaylene
Tater-Tot Casserole
Chuck & Lynne
Salad
Ron & Carol
Taco Salad
Jerry
Homemade Bread and dessert
Kevin & Lori
Saucy Ravioli with Meatballs
Bill & Barb
Wine, Salad, and Pineapple Cake
Fred & Nancy
Carrot Cake
Tom & Pam
Chocolate Cake
Notes about this Trip
We welcomed visits from Bill and Barb, Tom and Pam and Jack, Mike and Jessica and Brenna, Jeff, Rich and Sherry and Jessica and Sara, Fred and Nancy, and who knows who else. Carol was forced to make a really large batch of blue margaritas
Yes, we had a large group for supper. Lots of wine.
The weather was pretty good: chilly on Friday, partly cloudy on Saturday and Sunday, nice and sunny on Monday. We got a few sprinkles, but stayed dry. Chillier than we would have all liked.
Most of us went to the local subdivision garage sale on Saturday.
We learned and played two new card games: Push Rummy and Oh Hell!
We welcomed visits from Bill and Barb, Tom and Pam and Jack, Mike and Jessica and Brenna, Jeff, Rich and Sherry and Jessica and Sara, Fred and Nancy, and who knows who else. Carol was forced to make a really large batch of blue margaritas
Yes, we had a large group for supper. Lots of wine.
The weather was pretty good: chilly on Friday, partly cloudy on Saturday and Sunday, nice and sunny on Monday. We got a few sprinkles, but stayed dry. Chillier than we would have all liked.
Most of us went to the local subdivision garage sale on Saturday.
We learned and played two new card games: Push Rummy and Oh Hell!
Third Trip of 2007 - Fri 06-22 thru Sun
06-24
trip information last modified: 04-18-2007
Who will be There
Alan & Diane
site 119
Matt & Gaylene
site 120
Chuck & Lynne
site 117
Ron & Carol
site 59
Jerry
site 63 (Jerry didn't show up)
Kevin & Lori
site 61
John & Pauline
Local Motel
Saturday Group Breakfast
Alan & Diane
French Toast Sticks and Syrup
Matt & Gaylene
Sausage
Chuck & Lynne
Coffee and Juice
Ron & Carol
Scrambled Eggs with and without Fungus
Kevin & Lori
Hashbrowns and Dad's Bread Thing
John & Paulinei
Jewish Coffeecake
Saturday Group Supper
Alan & Diane
Chicken Kabobs
Matt & Gaylene
Zucchini Squares
Chuck & Lynne
Cheesy Potatoes
Ron & Carol
Taco Salad
Kevin & Lori
Salad and Dessert
Notes about this Trip
Okay, this is complicated. Shirley with Kelly and her two boys joined us. Then Rich and Sheri and their two daughters joined us. Then we had day visits from somebody.
Now for the weather. It was mostly just perfect with sunny skies and highs in the upper 70s. The real campers stayed thru the week and weathered a really nasty wind and rain storm on Wednesday which destroyed a neighbor camper's tent. Silly people.
Cell phone service was pretty good because we were so close to Tawas.
Okay, this is complicated. Shirley with Kelly and her two boys joined us. Then Rich and Sheri and their two daughters joined us. Then we had day visits from somebody.
Now for the weather. It was mostly just perfect with sunny skies and highs in the upper 70s. The real campers stayed thru the week and weathered a really nasty wind and rain storm on Wednesday which destroyed a neighbor camper's tent. Silly people.
Cell phone service was pretty good because we were so close to Tawas.
Fourth Trip of 2007 - Fri 07-06 thru Sun
07-08
trip information last modified: 07-10-2007
Who will be There
Alan & Diane
site 110
Matt & Gaylene
site 109
Chuck & Lynne
site 107
Saturday Group Breakfast
Alan & Diane
English Muffins and Jam
Matt & Gaylene
Orange Juice and V-8 Veggie Juice
Chuck & Lynne
Baggie Egg Omlets
Saturday Group Supper
Alan & Diane
Graham Cracker/Pudding Dessert
Matt & Gaylene
Pasta Salad
Chuck & Lynne
Salmon and Chicken
Notes about this Trip
Once again, we had some pretty good weather overall. Mostly sunny skies, breezy off the lake with highs in the 80s with good sleeping temperatures at night. A nasty rain storm came thru very late Sunday and interrupted our Big Screen movie (Finding Nemo). It rained a lot Sunday night and lightly Monday morning and early afternoon then cleared. They really needed the rain.
Cell phone service is pretty good here due to the closeness to Gaylord.
The brake line on Alan's 14-year old van sprung a leak on the return trip from a Gaylord shopping spree. The brake lines were repaired on Monday by a local fixer.
The park is all right with it's nice beach and warm water. Too bad there is so little grass. The sites are 95% sandy dirt, but, on the bright side, very shady. There is a camp store with hand-dipped ice cream and not much else.
Once again, we had some pretty good weather overall. Mostly sunny skies, breezy off the lake with highs in the 80s with good sleeping temperatures at night. A nasty rain storm came thru very late Sunday and interrupted our Big Screen movie (Finding Nemo). It rained a lot Sunday night and lightly Monday morning and early afternoon then cleared. They really needed the rain.
Cell phone service is pretty good here due to the closeness to Gaylord.
The brake line on Alan's 14-year old van sprung a leak on the return trip from a Gaylord shopping spree. The brake lines were repaired on Monday by a local fixer.
The park is all right with it's nice beach and warm water. Too bad there is so little grass. The sites are 95% sandy dirt, but, on the bright side, very shady. There is a camp store with hand-dipped ice cream and not much else.
Fifth Trip of 2007 - Fri 08-24 thru Sun
08-26
trip information last modified: 10-01-2007
Who will be There
Alan & Diane
site 118 - Fri to Wed
Matt & Gaylene
site 116 - Fri to Sat
Chuck & Lynne
site 115 - Fri and Sat
Ron & Carol
site 113 - Fri and Sat
Saturday Group Breakfast
Alan & Diane
did not come on this trip
Matt & Gaylene
Sausage
Chuck & Lynne
Yogurt
Ron & Carol
?
Saturday Group Supper
Alan & Diane
did not come on this trip
Matt & Gaylene
Hot Dogs and Buns
Chuck & Lynne
Chili
Ron & Carol
?
Notes about this Trip
Diane got pneumonia which forced A&D to cancel.
Diane got pneumonia which forced A&D to cancel.
Sixth Trip of 2007 - Fri 09-07 thru Sun
09-09
trip information last modified: 10-01-2007
Who will be There
Alan & Diane
site 139 - 4 nites, Fri to Tues morn
Matt & Gaylene
site 138 - 7 nites, Fri to Fri morn
Chuck & Lynne
site 130 - 4 nites, Fri to Tues morn
Jerry
site 128 - 2 nites, Fri to Sun morn
Saturday Group Breakfast
Alan & Diane
Pancakes and Syrup
Matt & Gaylene
Egg Dish
Chuck & Lynne
Fuit
Jerry
?
Saturday Group Supper
Alan & Diane
Chocolate Eclairs/Biscotti
Matt & Gaylene
Spaghetti
Chuck & Lynne
Veggies
Jerry
?
Notes about this Trip
Church on Sunday was at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Mt. Pleasant.
The weather was very nice. Sunny and warm. Not too hot and not too cold.
We visited the local dollar stores and the flee market which was a little short of sellers.
Church on Sunday was at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Mt. Pleasant.
The weather was very nice. Sunny and warm. Not too hot and not too cold.
We visited the local dollar stores and the flee market which was a little short of sellers.
Seventh Trip of 2007 - Fri 10-05 thru Tues
10-09
trip information last modified: 10-10-2007
Who will be There
Alan & Diane
site 52
Matt & Gaylene
site 48
Chuck & Lynne
site 50
Nikki & Scott
C&L's site
Al & Shelly
site 49
Saturday Group Breakfast
Alan & Diane
Blueberry Bread Pudding
Matt & Gaylene
Bacon
Chuck & Lynne
Scrambled Eggs with/without Mushrooms
Nikki & Scott
Pancakes
Al & Shelly
?
Saturday Group Supper
Alan & Diane
Shirley's Apple Pie
Matt & Gaylene
Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
Chuck & Lynne
Shrimp Cocktail
Nikki & Scott
Corn Casserole
Al & Shelly
Sauerkraut and Sausage
Notes about this Trip
The weather was almost too nice. Sunny each day with temps in the high 80's; we hit 90 on Monday and broke an all-time high record set back in 1931. Just a little rain on Monday night and Tuesday cooled off down to the low 70's... but still sunny. Wednesday's weather turned much more like fall, but only Matt and Gaylene were there to witness that.
The trees have some color but need another week for awesome color.
There were an awful lot of little tiny mosquitoes.
Verizon cellphone service is one bar but good enough.
The weather was almost too nice. Sunny each day with temps in the high 80's; we hit 90 on Monday and broke an all-time high record set back in 1931. Just a little rain on Monday night and Tuesday cooled off down to the low 70's... but still sunny. Wednesday's weather turned much more like fall, but only Matt and Gaylene were there to witness that.
The trees have some color but need another week for awesome color.
There were an awful lot of little tiny mosquitoes.
Verizon cellphone service is one bar but good enough.