August 8-11, 2008
River Farm Campground

We thought it would be fun to camp near Pentwater. We could visit Uncle Bruce and Aunt Judy, take a day trip down to Silver Lake and another possible day trip up to Ludington. Because these were both locations we wanted to spend time at and camping sites are either hard to find or expensive in the actual areas themselves- we found this nice little campground just outside Pentwater.

What we didn't anticipate happening was the breakdown of our vehicle in route. Thankfully, mom and dad had arrived earlier in the afternoon and were completely set up. I was able to call them to come retrieve myself, the kids and the trailer from the side of the freeway. Paul stayed with the vehicle. Graciously, Aunt Judy (and a visiting Aunt Nancy) rode over the Hart to pick him up at the garage and bring him back to the campground.

The loss of our vehicle - also meant the loss of our ability to do the day trips we had planned. Our suburban was an 8 passenger, where the Durango is only a 7 passenger. We did manage to squeeze an adult between two car seats a couple of times to drive as far as Pentwater for some shopping and some mini-golf at Hill and Hollow.

We were pleasantly surprised and how busy we were able to stay at the campground. It was very small and the main part of the playground was the swings. I don't think my kids have spent that much time on a swingset their entire life. (thankfully there were 4 swings). They had several games available for campers to use free of charge so we played the washer game, etc. We hiked. Paul and Nicholas did some mountain biking at a nearby trail, and the catch and release fishing pond was a great opportunity for the kids to catch their first fish EVER.

We will most likely make a return visit to River Farm next year - and hopefully get our day trips in as well.