I am a very good husband. I suggested a week of birding for our first trip in Blaze. Leann was scrambling to complete every little detail on the van. I finally told here it was not going to be done in time. We travelled all over the country with our 3 daughters in a minivan. We can make this big van work for the two of us even if it is not done. After a week in the van we will have a list of items to change/tweak. Having said that I did hook up the faucet in the Minard’s parking lot since they had the tubing we needed.
We planned to leave Friday after work. Leann just tossed all of her stuff in a garbage bag, threw it on the bed and off we went.
On the road, this felt like Christmas morning when I was a kid.
It was raining when we got to our campsite. No problem: put the van in park, open a bottle of wine and have dinner. I can get use to this no tent thing. This is our camp site the next morning, the birds were singing and the sun was shining.
Back to Maumee Bay and the same spot we camp every year.
Thunder was rumbling so another dinner in the van, no problem. BTW: people ask me about my green crocs, they are an original piece of gear from when we started backpacking. They have been on a lot of trips!
Thunder stopped and we went for an after dinner walk. We saw an Indigo Bunting and a spectacular sunset. Not bad for the last night of the trip.
Another beautiful morning with birds singing
I saw the map for the boardwalk for the east side of the park. Hard to believe we have not been here before.
Egret
HAPPY BIRDING, STEVE