182:366 - Tubing

We thought we would ease into the day; we thought wrong! The kids were up after a restless night and excited to go. A quick breakfast at camp was followed by a hike along the Coast Guard Trail through the woods and back to our car. We decided to try tubing the Little Sable River with the kids for the first time. It's a shallow, slow (i.e. barely moving at a snail's pace) river that leads out to Lake Michigan and was a great first tubing experience! By 10:30, we had hiked the trail, had the tubes blown up and were in the water. Beckett could not get enough of trying to catch whatever he saw on the bottom of the river bed and Zoe giggled the whole way! After reaching Lake Michigan, we stopped and had snacks and played on the beack before the short walk to return the tubes to our car and hike back out to camp. We took another dip in Lake Michigan before dinner and walked the mostly deserted beach looking for weather-worn rocks and driftwood. The kids played card games by the fire and bedtime tonight was a little easier tonight for all!