First Communion, Fishing, Our Time Here has Flown By

(We are presently at the Covenant Hills Camp and Retreat Park near Otisville, Michigan. We arrived here Monday afternoon in the cold and rain. I am playing catch up again and our service here at the park is sketchy at best. Hoping I will be able to eventually post this. Since, the signal does not hold for very long we have not been able to read other blogs to see what everyone else is up to. Hope you are  experiencing better weather then we have been having. After a sunny but cold and windy Sunday it has been raining and cold.)

Friday, April 26, 2019

On the way to spend time with our son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren today I spotted this pink elephant on top of a building. Now who doesn't like a pink elephant? I know I do.

Saturday, April 27, 2019 (Noah's 1st Communion)

We are Catholic and we raised our children in the Catholic Religion. To our joy our children are both doing the same. Today is a very special day for us as grandparents. It is the day a little boy named Noah Thomas, who made us grandparents for the first time, will make his First Communion. This is a special sacrament in our religion and we both remember our own and our son and daughter's First Communion and it is wonderful to now be able to share this moment with the next generation.

We are in our assigned row waiting for Mass to start and I snapped a picture.
I think this is such a beautiful church and I know I have shared a picture
of this altar area before but today it seems extra special.

After mass the pictures.
Five handsome young boys surrounding one little pretty girl.

Standing with his pastor, Rev. Ronald J. DeHondt.
I may be a little bias but is he not a handsome little boy?
I am going to say it, he was so cute in that suit..
You cannot tell in the picture but the tie is covered in pictures of
little fish. This boy loves to fish.

With his mom, dad, brother and sister.

Then the pictures with Nana and Papa. 

It was a wonderful day!

Sunday, April 28, 2019 (Fishing With Papa & Dad)

Today is our last day at this State Park for this visit and Thomas, Nadine, Noah, Jonah, and Marcella came out to the park to spend the day. I made brunch before three very anxious children got in the car with their Dad and Papa to go fishing. The weather though sunny was windy and cold. Not the best weather for catching fish but it really did not matter they were going fishing. Noah, who like his Dad and Papa, loves to fish had waited patiently all week for today. Jonah and Marcella where almost as excited as their older brother. A little cold and wind was not going to dampen their excitement.

No fish were caught but they still enjoyed their time.

She was done fishing a little bit before her brothers.

It may be cold and windy but the sun is out and these daffodils say spring.

Fishing done they are now on a mission.

There was a Dairy Queen across the street and ice cream was on their agenda.
Father and son waiting at the window for the treats.

Two happy fishermen enjoying their ice cream.

Afterwards we all came back to the Stinger "B" for a dinner of hot dogs and chips. While Papa grilled they got a chance to run around a little. All to soon it was time for hugs and kisses goodbye, more hugs and kisses, then one last hug and kiss and we were waving good bye as they drove off.

Tonight's sunset

lighting up the houses across the river in Canada.

Then the last of the light and our last day here is done.
A beautiful sunset on top of the trees to end a wonderful day.

As always the time with our son and his family went by way to fast. As they drove away Sunday evening I was already missing them. We will be back in June to welcome a new addition to our family and we are excited about that. For now we will be moving a little further north tomorrow. we will take a couple of days to catch up on some household chores and relax. Since, there is an outlet mall within 30 minutes of our next stop I am thinking we will also do a little shopping.

We are glad you stopped by for a visit. 

If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.

Family Time, Hugs, Rain, and Then Sunshine

Friday, April 20, 2019

Today is "Hug Grandbabies' Day" it is the reason we are stopped here. A short/anxious 35 miles back south and we will spend the day with our son, daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren. As much as we love our lifestyle we do miss seeing our children and grandchildren and cannot wait to get there.

The ride.

Three Grandbabies!

It was a wonderful day.

Saturday, April 20, 2019

It RAINED today. The heavy downpour started during the night and lasted most of the day. Which means we had a steady drip coming from the roof leak in the front. 

There is "some" water in the park

and the walking trail above right is a "little" wet.

You have to give these "weekend warriors"  credit as soon as it turned to
only a sprinkle they were out building campfires, walking, and riding bikes.

We spent the day inside dry, warm, and keeping the area under the drip dry.  Not one of our best days especially because of the leak and the rain but it is what it is not everyday can be "sunshine and roses".

Sunday, April 21, 2019 

Happy Easter!

As we drove to St. Clair Shores this morning, we left the park at 7:00AM, we could see blue skies in between the clouds. It is going to be a wonderful Easter. 

While still on M-29 the clouds disappeared and we could see the moon.

We are on our way to Easter Mass with our family at St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church in St. Clair Shores. This is their parish, just a few blocks from where they live, and it is beautiful. Stopped at the red light just before the church we watched as they pulled out of their street in front of us.

The Altar area filled with flowers.

Then back home to see what the Easter Bunny brought.

I rarely think to take pictures of the food but we had two wonderful meals today. Breakfast after mass was egg bake, corned beef hash, bacon and toast. For dinner our son made Beef Wellington and added to that was grilled potatoes, asparagus and corn on the cob. We definitely ate well this Easter.

Our daughter and her family.
We did get to talk to them and the cousins all got to visit.
(Looking forward to seeing them in person in a couple of weeks.)

The moon was shining over the river across
from the park when we got back home.

Arriving back this evening we can see that a lot of the RVer's have already left. Check out time here is 1 o'clock so hopefully they enjoyed a fun morning of sunshine before they had to pack up and leave.

Monday, April 22, 2019

The sun is again shining and the sky is a wonderful blue. Tom is having fun dumping some of our grey water; a couple of trips to the dump station with some collapsible containers we purchased for the task. Then he will replenish our fresh water tank. As he is doing that I am sitting her typing this and watching RVer's pack up and pull out of the park this morning. When he is finished we will be heading over to spend time with our family. 

Then it is Monday.

One of several large boats we have seen on the St. Clair River.
This one is headed downriver towards Lake St. Clair.

Driving beside the St. John's Marsh

we spot a Turtle X-ing

and a Muskrat X-ing.
Though in all the years we have driven by here we have never seen
either one. Maybe this year.

I took a ride over to the Selinsky Green Log Cabin with my daughter-in-law.
She is a member of the St. Clair Shores Historical Commission and has talked
about this house several times. Today I had the opportunity to check it out.

She was doing an assignment for one of her Master Classes and it was
interesting to see this lovely small farmhouse museum. 

Our spot here at Algonac State Park.

It was an enjoyable day. I spent a quiet morning here at the park and Tom took care of a couple of household chores. Then we spent the rest of the day with our children and grandchildren which would be the best part of the day. The second best part was sunshine and blue skies.

We are glad you stopped by and we hope you had a nice Easter Weekend with your family.

If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.

Happy Easter!.....(We are in Michigan Plus Two Days...Catching Up)

Wishing Each of

 You a Happy Easter!

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

So after a quite night we pulled out of the Walmart in Bryan, OH. We headed a couple of miles south and then turned East on US 6.  Today's ride is only 88 miles and the RV Park we are headed for, Harbortown RV Resort near Monroe, MI, describes their sites as level and paved. We are feeling confident this park is going to work out. Again more money then we care to spend but we need a place to land for a couple of days before we head further north to the Michigan State Park we are booked at for eleven days.

We are on US 6 in Ohio heading East.

Then a head there was bridge construction. Two bridges to be exact. We
immediately thought of the two bridges driving into the Imperial Dam LTVA
in Arizona.  Those had been very narrow to get through and the barrels at the
end were over the lane one of which we hit. These two as you can see
were wide and and the barrels were place on the outside of the lane. 

Continuing on our way under lovely blue skies 

the one thing we noticed different from a few days ago
 the trees are just starting to bud

and there is not a lot of green to be seen out the window.

I cannot believe I actually got the picture.
I thought for sure I had missed the engine. 

Going by Perrysburg

then again after merging onto I-75.

In no time we were going around Toledo.

Then the sign we have been waiting to see
and since we tow a Jeep I decided to include this one.

T

We are still about 470 miles from where we call home but
we have crossed into Michigan. 

Our exit

and where we will call home for the next two nights.

Looking down the row at the end of our site.

There we are parked on a paved driveway
that was long enough to leave the Jeep hooked up.

So ended our day. No sunset we were under grey skies but we are parked and have full hookups.

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Our first day back in Michigan and we pretty much did nothing. Cleaned a little and did a couple batches of wash. Tom actually put up the Antennae and watched some television and neither of us could remember the last time we turned it on. It rained a little during the day but overall it was a relaxing day.

I went out near the time the sun was setting.
Out towards the east the clouds had made a swoosh.

Looking south there was a slight break in the clouds

and to the west just a little bit of pink just above the horizon.

I would rate today a good day.


Thursday, April 18, 2019

Today we will make the trip up I-75 and connect with I-94 to reach our next destination in 92 miles and where we will stay for 11 days. During this time we will spend time with our son, daughter-in-law, and three of our grandchildren. The oldest will make his First Communion the Saturday after Easter and we feel blessed to be here to see it happen. Tom unhooked our utilities and just after 11 o'clock we were on I-75 heading north.

The Stinger "B" is ready for the I-94 challenge.

If you click on the picture and enlarge it you should be able to see
the two ducks swimming in the pool.

On I-75

and we can see Detroit in the distance.

Then we are on I-94

and there is the inevitable construction.

Passing St. Clair Shores we will back here tomorrow.

Having turned at our exit onto 26 Mile Road/Marine City Highway then onto
Marsh Road  we are remembering why we had said when we checked out
this park last fall this was not the best way to come. The longer route was
a better choice. Not "Hazel's" fault she gave us the two choices.

After turning right on to M-29 in a few miles we are at the park.
That is the St. Clair River on the left.

Tom on the phone checking us in.
We are wondering if there is someone in the building during the summer.
We will find out when we head back this way in June.

Our next stop was at the Campground Host's site were we picked up a map of the sites and were to get water. There are several water faucets throughout the campgrounds the only problem is you cannot hookup a hose to any of them. The only thing they are good for is to fill up a jug which is pretty useless if you want to fill up a fresh water tank on a motor home. There is presently only one spot were you can hook up a hose and we had to go back out to the dump station just behind the above building to fill up our fresh water tank.  This is a decent park and the Stinger "B" has all her wheels on gravel so we will not be sinking into the grass. We have a 50 amp electric hookup, we can get water and use the dump station. The sites are tight and from what we can see it is a popular place for families. One last thing which is not an issue this stay, and we will make a note for future reference, from what we can tell we are in the only site without a fire pit or picnic table. In the future not being able to have a fire with our grandchildren here would not be fun. Once it stops raining and the weekend people pull out we will be taking a walk around looking at the various sites and making notes. I did already check out the site we have reserved for June and we will have a fire pit and picnic table. So in the end this may not be a perfect park but it works for what we need and it is only about 40 minutes north of our family. I think we will be happy here and our grandchildren will enjoy coming to visit and staying with us in the summer.

Glad you stopped in for a visit. 

If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.