July 12, 2009 A Day Trip

If you haven't realized already - our family can't seem to stay put in the summer. We were not camping this particular weekend so we took off for another day trip. We had been wanting to check out the campground at Van Buren State Park so we decided to head down to the South Haven area.

We stopped at Saugatuck State Park for lunch. There is not a campground there but there are hiking trails and beach access.

We decided to take the trail to check out the beach. However, we did not realize how long the hike to the beach actually was. We were definately not prepared and would not have liked to carry all of our beach gear that far - there were lots of people doing so though.

After we checked out Van Buren State Park (which is a campground we would like to visit in the future) we headed back our direction in search of access to the Kal Haven Bike Trail. We found a great access point where the trail is paved and was quite beautiful. There was the beautiful covered bridge on the portion that we were able to ride. Because Nicholas and Gabrielle were both riding their own bikes, we probably only covered about 2 miles out and then back again but it was very nice riding and we would love to head back there some time.