We are back home to check the mail, mow the lawn and switch out the gear in our bags. It has been a rainy summer and there was some rain on our trip to High Cliff State Park as well, but alas, it didn't change our forecast for fun. The hiking was great and we hit two of the main trails and longest in the park. The rock features and sizable cravasses were enough to create plenty of hand holding opportunities. The area was also a lime quarry for part of its history so there are large portions of flat dolomite the has now been aged to look like old macadame giving some areas of the trail a post apocolyptic feel...the circling vultures only added to the ambiance. We spent some time at the beach which of course ended at the ice cream shop. The winds on the big lake were producing some sizable waves for the kids to jump and play. It rained two of the evenings, one of which forced us into the camper for the night, we read played games and still had plenty of laughs, the other wasn't too bad and we were still able to get out around the fire for roasting a peanut butter and chocolate concotion in the camp cookers. The evenings also saw plenty of raccoon activity and mornings showed that they were also part goat without fear of walking on top of the car. During the day it was the realm of the chipmunks. Sophia and Ella spent the first night in the tent, but the forecasted storm found me encouraging them to grab some bunk space in the camper. The days were spent hiking and the kids played games at the playground, including one that resembled some type of carnival midway for practicing their hawking techniques. There were plenty of bike rides with, I believe only a single skinned knee.
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