Our next trip with our camper was to Indiana Dunes State Park. It's about 3 hours north of us along Lake Michigan. It's the closest thing to a beach we can get living in Indiana!
We visited here last summer and stayed in a house that we rented...this summer, we reserved a site at the State Park campground - and it was PERFECT!
We actually concluded that is was better for our family and WAY more fun to stay in a space that allowed for the kids to play, ride bikes, adventure in the woods and just be outside vs. the comforts and blessings of beds, bathrooms and showers! We have definitely been bit by the camping bug!
Each night we would head to the beach to watch the sunset over Chicago, across Lake Michigan, far in the distance. But as the sun sets, it literally glows - it's beautiful!
We hiked multiple trails, with the most memorable, difficult and entertaining one being Mount Jackson - appropriately, Jackson fussed, cried, yelled and whined the entire climb up the sand covered mountain (dune, really). It was super hard, but the child on your back added to the difficulty and ultimate hilarity of the entire trip!
We had a great time!
*as we were packing up, a woman came up to me and pulled me aside. She asked if she could speak to me for a second (which of course means I'm expecting the worst!)
She begins to tell me what a pleasure it was to watch our family interact these past 3 days. She commented on how well our kids got along. She appreciated how kind we were to our children. She said she's seen ALOT of families camp at this campground (we were literally right behind them), as she's been coming here for nearly 20 years, and she said we topped her list of wonderful families :)
If only she knew the looks I was giving my children as I "shooshed" them to go to bed at night...or what the car rides with constant bickering sound like...she may change her mind...but, I'll take it!
We may not be perfect, but overall, we really do enjoy camping together. :)
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