Sunday, October 16, 2011

Fall Break '11

For fall break last weekend, Pete and I decided to go on a camping trip with our families. We went up to Chain O' Lakes State Park up in Albion. The park was really beautiful while we were there and the weather was great. Unfortunately my mom and sister were only able to stay one night but it was still a lot of fun and we are so glad we were able to go.

Here are some pictures of the trip.

My sister (Rachel) and her boyfriend (Cole)
The men getting the canoes into the water

My mom (in front) and Rachel

Cole was the lucky one who got a canoe all to himself

Pete is great at steering the canoe :)


Pete's parents



Lunch break


After lunch we switched the canoes around and Rachel was in a canoe with me. We were not very good at steering the canoe. We made friends with a lot of trees :)

We had a hammock hanging at our campsite for awhile until the DNR told us we had to take it down.

Pete's parents relaxing back at camp

Chillin' in the hammock


We decided to take a hike to the Nature Center.


A little baby snake

An old schoolhouse they had turned into the Nature Center


Pete making hobo dinners for dinner

Halloween funfetti red raspberry/blackberry cobbler

Blue and green fire

Woolly Worm!


The leaves are almost completely covering up the water




The first fish I caught on Monday.

The second one that I caught.

The first and only fish Pete caught on Monday (I caught three)

Pete's dad caught two fish and we had them for dinner


Making S'mores

Eating s'mores

Another woolly worm!