August 1, 2010
Ionia State Park
Day 3

Today was filled with just a miscellaneous menagerie of activities, so I'll share just a few of them.

Anyone who has ever camped with my dad, most likely has realized that he loves to work on walking sticks. He thoroughly enjoys sitting in the shade with a stick and his Dremel.
Today, Sam decided to help Grandpa with his stick. Of course, when you work with power tools you have to have safety goggle right? Sam decided his water goggles would do the trick.

When coming back from a day of work yesterday, Grandpa saw a sign that said there was a historic train depot in the nearby town of Saranac.
We decided to take a drive and see what we could find.
Unfortunately, the train depot wasn't open and we later found out that it is only open for special events.

The kids did enjoy climbing on the train caboose though.

The trip to Saranac was not a total loss however, as we discovered a beautiful walking trail along the river. Right near where the trail starts there is a bridge where the road goes over the river. The kids thought it was awesome to climb up under the viaduct.

Of course, what comes up must come down.
Wasn't nice for the pants - but it was great fun for the kids.

Along the trail the kids also discovered a rock
that was just screaming out to be climbed upon.....

.....and posed upon.

After our hike along the river, we headed into the town of Ionia and enjoyed a wonderful air conditioned dinner a hometown pizzeria/pub. What an enjoyable day complete with not having to make dinner.