Camping

We hadn't ever used our vehicle to go camping before, so it was interesting trying to figure out where to put things. We borrowed a car top carrier and bought a luggage rack for use in the hitch (which then needed a lift to get the rack out of the direct path of the exhaust)

We saw several Amish buggies go by

Painting rocks

I picked the camping spot for the many trees for the hammocks

We got rain the first night and full day. It was accompanied by high winds so we took down our canopy and anything else that could blow around.

The beach was interesting in that the main part had a retaining wall and steps straight down into the water. (You can see it a little on the right side behind the boat)

Moth on Will's shorts

The Claire County Fair was going the week we were camping and was right across the street.

We went and saw the dog show

Beautiful clouds

We went and looked at some of the animals

Horse carts

Sheriff horses

Unloading the tigers for the tiger show

We got to see the Calvarymen Quartet

more swimming

Sarah was tossing Andy

We went back to the fair and saw the rest of the animals

and we got to see the tiger show

Also watched the "Globe of Death"

Goofing around with the hammocks

The campground had this giant checker board

and Connect Four game

So we invented a new game we called "Checker Four". You start with a game of checkers and when you jump a piece, you would get to use it for the Connect Four game

We got to hear cars and trucks going by right behind our site

You can see the fair grounds across the other street (We were near a corner)

Chalk art

Harness racing at the fair

Bingo right before we left for home