Over the fourth of July weekend I went camping with my friends. We went up to Mackinaw City where my friends' family was camping. This was the first time I had camped in a tent and it wasn't that bad. The bathrooms closest to our lot were outhouses. The nearest bathrooms with running water were a good 4 minute bike ride away; thank goodness we brought our bikes up with us. It was quite the trip! We arrived late Friday night, unpacked a few things, and then sat around the campfire till 2am sharing our deep dark secrets.
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| The ladies outhouse! |
Saturday morning we went for a bike ride around the whole city. We followed gravel and paved trails. We stopped in the downtown Mackinaw City to walk through the stores. The guys had the brilliant idea to stop in every single fudge shop we came across and sample their fudge. We must have gone into 10 or 12 shops. The fudge was getting sickening by the end. By the time we made it back to the campground we had biked just over 20 miles! Saturday afternoon we went to the beach; thankfully the weather was very nice all weekend long. After dinner we played games and ate lots of candy.
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| Me and Alicia biking! |
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| Tori! |
Sunday morning the girls went for a 4 mile run around the campground. Then we went to church in town and...after church we went to some of the same fudge shops to sample the fudge AGAIN! Apparently we needed to know what the best fudge was before we made our purchases. Next we went to this old lighthouse that is currently being restored. There we some rooms that we got to walk through and then we went up to the top of the light. It's a pretty small lighthouse. Late afternoon we went to the beach again. At night we went on a boat cruise around the Mackinac Bridge. The boat ride was sponsored by the church we went to in the morning. A pastor gave a short sermon and another man sang hymns during the ride. One woman also told us the history and interesting facts about the bridge.
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| Tori and I on the boat ride |
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| Mackinac Bridge, the sunrise Monday morning, sailboat passing in the front of the bridge |
Sunday night...Tori, Kaden, and I decided to stay up all night. The other three of our friends were smart and went to bed! We sat around the fire with the little bit of wood we had left, trying to keep ourselves warm. Around 4:30am the sky was getting lighter and the starts were disappearing. Then we thought the sun was going to rise soon so we went and sat out by the beach. From 4:45-6:00 we waited...and waited...and waited. Around 6 the sun finally rose! It was beautiful and totally worth the wait.
Monday morning we packed up our stuff once our friends woke up. We still hadn't bought any fudge, so we went into town one last time to make our fudge and souvenir purchases. In the afternoon we played mini-golf before going home. The mini-golf course was pretty lame but it was free! We got home about eight o'clock and then I went to bed! I was just a little tired ;)
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Ben, Me, Emily, Alicia, Tori, and Kaden
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