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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Summertime


Here are a bunch of pictures from Ludington. We had a great trip with our friends. Despite the bad weather that led up to the trip causing the park to close and our sites to flood, we were able to come up with some sites on time. We even avoided some small storms. They came in and we watched the rain over the lake and then thy missed us. We had a total of about ten minutes of rain over the four days. Very nice. Check out the captions for more about the action in Ludington.


Here is Rach and I in our kayaks. Proof that we actually ride them in the water.
Rach floating.
We stopped at the dune on lost lake with our boats. The hurdle form is still there even down hill. You'll notice the knee driving forward on the trail leg as I pull my elbow back. You will also notice Matt trying to fly.

Picture of one of our beautiful sunsets over the lake. Good clouds this night. The picture is almost as good as the one that follows.
Rach and Reuben at the nice sunset.


Here the men are taking care of breakfast. The amount of meat made it obligatory for the men to be in the kitchen.

The men's obligation allowed for coffee and chatting over breakfast for the ladies. how pleasant.
A less pleasant interaction between the men and women were the numerous games battled over between the two groups. There were many guys vs. girls games throughout the trip. We kept track of the victories and this year the men ran away with the trophy. The trophy is being worked on by me above. As it is in the picture, the trophy currently is still a work in progress, but the accomplishment is no less meaningful for the men.

We took a small hike toward the lighthouse, but started running out of light so we pulled off trail to enjoy the sunset. Here I am burning in thought (get it?) as I ponder the magnificent landscape.On the way, the men posed for the album cover of there future band, The Victors of Ludington. The Victors, from left are Matt Baer, Reuben Sportel, Bryan DePotty, and Eric Timmer.

A shot of the second sunset viewing through some dune grass.A rare sighting of dune ninjas was caught by accident. We didn't know it happened until we looked at the camera. Rach was just trying to take a picture of the clouds at sunset when the burst into her frame and disappeared into the sand below.
Here is a nice posed shot of the Ladies of Ludington. The Ladies are from left, Amy DePotty, Katie Baer, Jeni Timmer and Rachel Sportel

2 comments:

Sam said...

Sung by new kids on the block. I like the campground. I was wondering when these pictures would get put up.

Ben said...

I was thinking of the version by Will Smith.
Looks like it was a good time. I'm impressed Rachel was able to snag a shot of the Dune Ninjas. I was unaware that they travel in packs. I hope you guys enjoy the cruise.