A Walk in the Woods

Over Labor Day Weekend we spent some time at the camp in Gladstone (Brampton, to be specific) relaxing and enjoying the outdoors. We had several visitors as Mom and Aunt Sue made a short visit on their way from Hancock to Muskegon and Dad also stopped by on his way from Minneapolis back home. We also had a big family get together on Labor Day proper, after which we became the proud owners of two large taco salads.

In addition to picking apples and watching the deer, the kids had a blast using their imaginations while playing in the pine forest. We also had a demonstration of how a mousetrap works (fortunately not with a real mouse). There were no bat appearances in the camp this year.

One of the exciting experiences at camp is going for a walk - over the Days River and into the deep woods.

Everyone made it to the trail-head. I think the kids were told to look for acorns, which is a challenge because there aren't many (any?) oak trees at camp. Instead, they've identified several pine cones.

There are feisty crayfish in the river. This is one of the bigger ones.

After crossing the bridge, we handed out the cameras. We took pictures of the flora and fauna:

Everyone had to have a leaf:

We found another frog. Actually, there were tons of these little guys. They jumped around like grasshoppers.

A nice crow flew by and offered to take everyone's picture:

We found more to photograph:

It was a good walk.