Camping at the Dunes

The morning after the Coldplay concert Chelsea, Katie O and I got up early to head to Chicago for some camping in the Dunes. We got in some great hiking and had awesome weather for the camping! Here are some pictures from our adventure :)

The "big waves" on Lake Michigan

We went to the highest dune in the area to watch the sunset Saturday night...the sunset was kind of a flop but when we climbed the dune to head back to the parking lot, we were pleasantly surprised by the beautiful moon! The picture definitely doesn't do it justice.

A tree, some sand, and the twilight sky

My tent- many thanks to the Schluep family for my graduation gift :)

After we went hiking, we got back to Katie's car to find a flat tire...we drove to a gas station a couple miles away, filled it with air, then heard the air coming out. Long story short, on an almost 3 hour adventure we discovered a piece of metal in the tire, went to 4 different places, and got it fixed at the Sears in the next town over. Our potentially really bad experience with a flat tire on a Saturday evening worked out just fine compliments of Sears being open until 8 pm.

Pit stop in the nature center: I have the wing span of a Canadian Goose!

Dune #2 on the "rugged" trail

first view of the beach

So, those are some of my pictures from our camping adventure! Sorry again that I am kind of far behind...I have our cemetery pictures to post still as well as some updated pictures of Bella who is growing so fast!! Thanks for being so patient with me :)