More pictures of the Amish quilts...close-ups, checkout their stitching!

I was in Clare, MI talking to my sister...ATT doesn't work @ the camp...o surprise, when I noticed an Amish buggy pull in to the gas station!  Wow!  Gas for the horses??? Nope, shade for the horses!  Two men and two women "parked" their horses in the shade, walked across the street to The Ponderosa Steak House carrying a bag of sliced white bread.  Date night?

Did you notice the blue and white plastic water jug just behind the first seat, on the far side?  Refreshment for the road!

I woke to the sound of rain, love that sound but it makes the getting out of bed so tough! After crawling out of bed, then dressing, I trudged off to work. I am always happy to get to work after the commute across the dirt road.  I've added a picture of the Store/Laundry/Restrooms located across the camp road from our location.

Rain this morning but now the temp is climbing to a high of 88...oh my!  People are out on the beach and in the water frolicking. Sunshine has a way of drawing people out of a dwelling, especially when there is a beach on the lake! Running through the sand is more comfortable than running across jagged rocks to reach the water, would you agree? 

I delight in going to the Amish Bakery, “Country Cookstove Bakery”.  Their bakery goods are wonderful, especially the fresh baked bread, fried pies, pineapple cake, and much more.  I am hooked on their Apple Dapple Cake!  The ingredient lists apples as the first ingredient!  Since there are more apples than flour or sugars listed, I am positive it should be on the “healthy dessert list”!  So moist and delectably delicious, this cake is my fav!

Other items are sold at the bakery…the hand stitched Amish quilts hanging on a clothesline are remarkable.  These quilts were hanging out one day when I made my visit.  I always ask permission before clicking the camera shutter.  I was told I had permission to “capture any image as long as an Amish individual was NOT included in the picture”.  Therefore, you will not see any Amish Folks in my pics.

Enjoy the pictures!

River Valley RV Park Website

http://www.rivervalleyrv.com/

We are parked nearest the boat and bike rentals, the Commodore's Fleet for the summer, located at the pier. Across from our site is the Camp store, laundry, restrooms, and showers. I open our door every morning, to a beautiful view of the lake.

More pics of the camp.

Some pictures of the camp. Wonderful folks are abundant here!

Working Days

Today is my work day @ the Camp Store; 9:30-10:30, 2-3, and 7-8 makes a really tough work day! LOL I cashier, stock shelves, and apply the price to items, two days a week: Monday and Thursday. The Commodore works Thursday through Monday @ the boat docks overseeing the rental boats and bikes. Pictures of the camp will be included later.

Pictures from yesterdays travel.

Yesterday we took a trip to see the Mackinac Bridge, took a picnic lunch, and saw the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse. During lunch, we bombarded by the pesky seagulls, diving and sneaking up from behind us for any food! I don't recall San Francisco seagulls as confrontational but "da northeast seagulls" are another breed!

We ventured off I 75 for several miles at Gaylord to visit the Bottle Cap Museum on Sparr Road. We arrived at the Sparr Mall, the storekeeper state, “The collection was sold and is on display in Grayling, MI”. Well, go figure; we had just driven from Grayling without knowing the current location of the Bottle Cap Museum. Here’s the info about the Bottle Cap Museum, it’s on our list of places to go while we’re in Michigan.

“The Bottle-Cap Museum is the largest private collection of Coca-Cola related items in Northern Michigan. Over 10,000 pieces of memorabilia make up the museum, housed in an authentic classic 50's diner, Dawson and Stevens Classic 50's Diner located in downtown Grayling. Open Monday through Thursday from 7am to 7pm, Friday & Saturday 7am to 8pm, Sunday 7am to 6pm, with a full breakfast menu and soups, deli sandwiches and world renowned hamburgers, fries and shakes along will a working 1950's soda fountain.” http://www.michigan.org/property/detail.aspx?p=B12130