Fisherman's Landing Campground, Muskegon, Michigan - June 11 through June 16, 2015
This campground is all about fishing as you can tell by the campground name. Every where you look there are boats. And as we’ve come to expect, all the prime spots are occupied by seasonal campers. We request a spot away from the playground and they find one for us next to the bath house. Since there are no sewer hook ups, this location will come in very handy.
Another plus to this campground is that it is right beside a 10 mile bike trail which EJ and I take advantage of.
EJ’s in the lead and I’m trying to keep up!
The first day we are there a washing machine shows up in the bath house. It sits unused for a day even though its hooked up and ready to go. Then word gets around the campground and all of a sudden there is a waiting line to use the washer. It’s free, so why not? A walk around the campground reveals lots of clothes lines hastily thrown up to dry the freshly washed clothes.
A day or so later, the companion dryer machine shows up. Now both machines are running constantly until the wee hours of the morning. The weekend goes by and we patiently wait our turn. It eventually comes. After all, it’s free and we can afford to wait. And besides, Mocha, the cat, is in the way.
While we’re on cat pictures, the temperatures here next to the lake are pretty brisk in the mornings. Mocha tends to get a little wild when that happens. Lets see what happens when you add a few sprinkles of catnip. Hmmm, a zoned out cat!
EJ’s been craving a decent farmer’s market and it so happens there is one right downtown. It’s very nicely done and well laid out with permanent roofs and lots of room to maneuver.
Next we walked to the Post Office, which is right next door to the farmers market to post some letters. Dad’s birthday and father’s day is coming up so we need to get some cards in the mail.
Leaving the post office, there is a water jet display for the kids to play in. On little kid though, seems to enjoy sitting right on top of the water nozzle.
Snow? In June? I know it’s been cool, but snow?
Actually the Cottonwood trees are spreading their seeds in feathery little tufts that reasonable cotton. The wind has piled them up here along the road so that at first glance it does resemble snow.
Where we are staying is a municipal park surrounding a private campground. The park is very active with gatherings, fish tournaments, and activities. One day the had a fishing tournament for young kids. And it was popular.
Right across from us, one of the seasonal campers was trying to grow a patch of grass from seed. They even had the patch marked with a yellow string so folks wouldn’t walk through it. This muskrat really seemed to enjoy all the efforts of this camper while munching on the fresh shoots of grass.
When you’re exploring you never know what you will come across. This vintage vehicle was chugging right on down the street.
We saw an announcement for an antique tractor and hit or miss engine display at the local fairgrounds, Having missed the opportunity at other locations many times in the past, we just had to check this one out. There was a smattering of old trucks and cars, a lot of antique tractors, but only about 4 hit or miss engines. And only one of the engines was running, but it was still fun.
Then the real fun began. How many old guys does it take to turn a gunny sack full of of ears of corns into a bucket of corn meal? Well, it was sort of corn meal. There were an awful lot of whole kernels that made it to the bucket.
One afternoon, we decided to go see what the area north of Muskegon looked like. We found another lighthouse. This one is the White River Light Station.
This blockhouse located in Muskegon State Park was heavily damaged by fire, then rebuilt. If you enlarge the picture and examine the left side of the building under the overhang, you can see attempts have been made to burn it again. And, I got photo bombed by some kid in the window above me.
After the weekend crowds died down at the campground and most of the vehicles left, this sign became visible. So that’s what all the commotion was about Friday and Saturday nights.
Our time is Muskegon has come to an end. The cool weather was a blessing, but now it’s starting to warm up. Our blinds and chairs have arrived in Elkhart, so we are headed back south to get them installed.
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