Traverse City, Michigan

We spent a week at the state park in Traverse City. 

A sleepy beach town, this is not. It's a busy place but our campsite was just across the road from the beach, so we didn't notice the busyness of it until we were driving thru town at rush hour. We happened to have the most perfect campsite, which we booked only a week prior! God really blessed us with this site and the best neighbors you could ask for. One of the great benefits of living on the road is meeting new people, people that we never would have met otherwise. 

Our first night we met Grace and Richard, a couple who adored Asher and Journey and treated them as their own grandkids. After meeting us they returned from the store with marshmallows for the kids to roast and an open invitation to their nightly campfire. We spent nearly every night with them. The last few nights Grace read book after book that the kids brought out to her.  As a going away gift they gave the kids a new book and two stuffed monkeys. A couple days later they came up to Petoskey to see us one last time before we went up to the UP (Upper Penninsula).

The family on the other side of us has 4yr old twin boys that Asher and Journey made friends with immediately. Turns out they were also born early at 30 weeks, so we had a lot in common. 

We had dinner and a campfire together before they left. 

The kids had so much fun playing together and hugged each other goodbye. 

The Twinsburg Twin Fest is on their bucket list, so hopefully in a couple years we can meet them there and camp together again. This is the bridge from the campground to the beach where we waived goodbye as they drove away. 

We spent lots of time digging in the sand on the beach....

...and riding bikes....

...and watching BLACK squirrels!

Asher was excited to discover this shop on our walk thru the downtown area!