Camping at Sleeping Bear Dunes - Aug. 19-24, 2012

Here we go with a 5-day tent camping
trip to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.  What a great place to spend nearly a week at.  One of the most beautiful places on earth.  All kinds of things we can do!  Kayaking, tubing, bicycling, hiking, beaching, swimming and loads of fun!

North Manitou Island and South Manitou Island are also part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.  It is possible to catch the ferry and do a day trip there, rather than carry all our belongings to spend the night.

$105 covers 5 nights camping, 5 breakfasts including cowboy coffee, and 5 dinners, s'mores and many hours of laughing by the campfire. Please bring some firewood!

Bring your own tent, sleeping bag and mattress and what ever you need for comfort for a few nights, along with recreation materials such as bikes, kayaks and jokes!  You'll need to bring your own lunches with your own cooler for lunch stuff.  We're in a group campsite, so there's room for 25 of the most fun people.

Some of our activities may include:

Bike Pierce Stocking Scenic drive

Canoe, Kayak and Tube down the Platte River

Hike Alligator Hill 


Pedal the Lakeshore with the Rangers
 
Bike the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail








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Tent Camp at Sugarloaf and Ann Arbor Street Art Fair - July 20-22, 2012

The 2012 World Famous Ann Arbor Street Art Fair is the 18th through 21st, so let's make a weekend of it.  Get out of work early on Friday or better yet, take the day off and head over to Sugarloaf Lake Campground for a great afternoon and fabulous evening around the campfire.

We'll have pot-luck Friday night.  After breakfast on Saturday and a morning walking the nearby trails, we're off to the Street Art Fair where we can spend the afternoon and evening. Of course, if you don't want to do the Street Art Fair, there are probably others that want to hike or paddle the area, so you're not alone.

Pinckney State Recreation Area is nearby.  Considerable number of day hikes.  Pinckney-Potawatomi Trail is worth doing for a full-day plus, hike.

We can hang around Sugarloaf Lake on Sunday where we can paddle, swim, hike and beach.

Two nights of camping with your own tent, sleeping bag and mattress and two breakfasts with cowboy coffee.  Please bring firewood.

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Hike Canadian Rockies; Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper -Jun 16 - 24, 2012

Mountain lakes will be thawed and we will enjoy the brilliant turquoise color of their water.  Tourism will not have peaked yet!

We will enjoy all the comforts of home in the town of Banff and the village of Lake Louise, but we also will step out into the wilderness and the home of some of North America's wildest creatures, including Big Horn Sheep, Deer, Elk, Caribou, Grizzly bears, Caribou, Coyotes, Wolves and Mountain Lions. 

Hikes will include and introduction hike to Tunnel Mountain Path which has phenomenal vistas, Big Beehive to see Lake Louise, and Cirque Lake, which is hidden a short distance from the Icefields Parkway, the worlds most stunning roadway.

There are a total of eight lodging nights at hotels.  We will be staying nights 1 and 2 in Banff, nights 3, 4, and 5 in the Lake Louise area, nights 6 and 7 in the Athabasca area heading back to Banff for night 8. 

Yes, a passport is required!


Included in Cost of Trip
•    All ground transportation starting at Calgary airport and ending at Calgary airport
•    Eight breakfasts, seven lunches and seven dinners as on itinerary
•    Accommodations for eight nights at Banff, Lake Louise and Athabasca hotels


Not Included in Cost of Trip
•    Round-trip plane ticket from home to Calgary and back
•    Transportation from home to airport
•    Travel insurance (recommend to have your own travel insurance)
•    Personal expenses (telephone, laundry, alcoholic drinks)

•    Anything else not mentioned on itinerary

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