June 1-5, 2012 – Buchanan, MI
We left Port Clinton Friday morning in the rain – we love breaking down camp and hooking up in the rain and drizzle! It rained all day as we drove through Toledo and across southern Michigan. We are staying at Bear Cave Resort in Buchanan, MI. The park is on the St. Joseph River. Our neighbor told us there was a Blue Grass Festival this weekend in Niles, the next town up the river. We never pass up the opportunity to hear bluegrass music, so we spent Saturday afternoon enjoying some good bluegrass music in a park next to the river. The weather was great with just enough cool breezes to keep it comfortable. Sunday we took the Kayaks on the St. Joseph River – we put the kayaks in just outside of Buchanan and kayaked about 4 miles downriver to our campground. The St. Joseph is the largest river we have kayaked on so far. We saw some wildlife – a Redtail Hawk, a Blue Heron but...