A Little Summer Fun

Earlier this summer, Josh made a request.  He asked to visit the beach that is the farthest South on Lake Michigan.  If I remember correctly, this request came after swimming in Lake Michigan further North where it was 42 degrees.  There are many things that we couldn't do this summer but visiting Lake Michigan is always a for sure thing! 

My mom joined us on our adventure and I think we all had a great time!  Our adventure started with a fun lunch at a long standing tradition of a burger place just outside of New Buffalo. 

Darryl and I have eaten at Redamak's one time years ago so we thought it would be fun adventure to take the whole family.  Due to Covid, they have an outside ordering window and we were fortunate enough to end up with one of their two picnic tables to enjoy our meal.  The burgers were big and messy and the onion rings were super tasty.  We were ALL very full when we were done!

From there, we drove through New Buffalo to head to the city beach.  New Buffalo is a beautiful town with a marina that houses some incredible yachts. The city beach was huge with plenty of space to spread out. 

 My mom and the boys were having a blast in the waves! 

Lake Michigan is always beautiful. 

It was a "red flag warning" day due to the huge waves and strong under current so we stayed close to shore - we still got soaked due to the high waves!  

After spending a few hours at the beach, we headed back to the car to continue on our trek along the lake shore.  We started out going South so the Josh and Nate could step foot in another state! 

 They first stood right on the state line with one foot in Michigan and one foot in Indiana. 

 Next, they stood in Indiana. 

And the "Michigan" sign on the other side of the road. 

We explored alone the lake shore and saw some amazing homes and great views.  We also stopped at Warren Dunes State Park. 

 This state park as huge dunes that you can actually climb (if you feel so led HA!)  They are just amazing. 

 One of the reasons we love exploring is you find neat stuff - Josh and Nate had fun with this huge log.  

 And we found this amazing tree with a huge above ground root system. 

From the park, we continued on our trek and found a great park for a picnic dinner. 

We stopped at one more park before hitting the highway. 

At this park, there is a plaque that commemorates homes that fell off of the dune/cliff that we were standing on.  There was an earth slide that caused the homes to become unstable, then another one not long after.  Several homes were lost while several more were able to be moved.  There are still a couple of houses left on the cliff but are close to falling into the lake as well.  Nate, my history buff, loved this information 

It was truly a great adventure - we all came home sandy, tired, and sun kissed.