Memorial Day Camping

For memorial Day, Rachel and I went up to Ohiophyle state park in Pennsylvania. We went with a friend of hers from work and his wife. The same couple that got married last October in GR.

Anyways, on Saturday we went hiking, and found a couple decent water falls.


On Sunday we went white water rafting. Which was quite fun, and none of us fell out I'm happy to say. Sadly we couldn't take cameras on that one, due to you know... the water. And we were too cheap to purchase the ones they took of us.

On Monday then before leaving we went to Falling Water, which is the famous house by Franklin Lloyd Wright. We got the joy of touring it. And I must say, I want one.

Anyways, it really was tons of fun. And will be much more fun than having to go back to work tomorrow....

Anyways I'll try to update the post later when I get some more photos. These were just the ones taken with my phone. Which as you can see are really sub optimal. So hopefully Kevin and Daniele (the couple we went camping with) will share their photos which should turn out better.

Anyways, I hope everyone elses memorial day weekend went as well!

Hike part 2.

I took way too many pictures of mountains during my trip. I think its because In Michigan, as well as in the East Coast, really nothing. Well rather the ones we do have, are like small hills in comparison.

Nevertheless about midweek we went to the Lava Bed Parks.

As you can see the ground was covered with the lava rock. It was about 250 years ago that the volcano erupted.
And of course you can't go to a lava bed park without seeing the Waterfalls.
When the lava rolls down the hill, and covers a tree, it burns the tree out, and when it cools of course it forms these tree holes in the rock.
But even here, you can't escape the mountains :-).

But since Mountains seem to be my theme this post, this here was perhaps my favorite. There is something special about a mountain in the background, with water in front. I think my favorite was seeing the reflection of the mountain on the water before it. Ironicaly this picture was taken in late evening. Thus the darker tones to the picture. Yet that in a way I think accentuates the mountain.

Anyways, hope everyone enjoys these pictures :-).