Well, you know how I fell asleep to the rain last night, it turns out that my parents didn't. My dad told me that there was a huge thunder storm last night that just kept going on and on. He even said that it made the other thunder storm while we were at Indigo Bluffs look like child's play. The rain was coming off our awning like a water fall, and it even made the awning sag 18 inches with water. My dad even rolled up the awnings, by leaning out the windows, ha ha, and unplugged the power cords from the camp site. He thought that there could of been a flash flood, and was getting ready to evacuate. He just gets paranoid some times, hmmm... I wonder where I get it from. Luckily there wasn't a flash flood, and I can't believe I slept through the WHOLE thing!!! We took off from the camp and headed to Royal Oak, where the shrine is, and get this, we didn't even get lost once! The shrine and church was so amazing! I would love to go there some other time. We left the church at 3:17 and headed home, this time to Pittsburgh. Around 5 we stopped at a rest area in Ohio, what was cool is that they had RV hook up's, and you can stay there all night, for only 20 dollars. My dad rested a little, and we got something to eat, fast food... eww! We hit the road again around 6, we still have 4 hours to go, but for me it doesn't seem long at all. Because this time we are going home for real.
To summarize my vacation:
I first started off thinking that my parents were trying to punish me and ruin my life... well my dad was because he bought the RV. At first everything went wrong, doors shattered, we got lost.... a lot... using a GPS and map quest, I was to shy to go up to other kids and make friends, and it was like sitting in an air plane, with 3 chihuahuas that are terrified, during a tornado, with really bad turbulence.
But after we got to the other camps and I saw that a lot of people actually RV for fun, I was kind of convinced that my parents weren't that crazy. When we got to Indigo Bluffs, I realized that I could handle this. I fell in love with Michigan, especially the Lake Michigan and the Isolated Beach. I love the weather, and it is nothing like the crime and hustle-bustle of the city Detroit. People leave signs saying 3 dollars for a pound of cherries, pick your self, on the side of the road. It's all on your honor, because they trust that you will pay. There's even 5 dollars for fire wood and the fire wood is on the side of the road. Every one was so nice and relaxed. Do you know how good it feels to not have an activity every day, or a doctors appointment? For a straight month!? It feels great and don't tell my dad this but now I'm actually kind of happy that he bought the RV, named iRV. lol... At first I was so against it, I swore that I would never change my mind, and that I would not survive the horrid trip. (I would die of embarrassment.) But know I've realized that people can change, even me, who hates change! Unless it's in clothes, like new designs at Abercrombie that are super cute... that I'm definitely okay with. Anyways I'm still probably never going to get used to the turbulance and walking into doors, cabinets, etc. But I will learn to... uh... mutually like... this home on wheels. True fully it's much better than a hotel. You don't have to pack and unpack. You sleep in your bed and use your pillow every night and you can have your pets with you, all the time. Oh! Another thing that I like about Michigan is that it is very pet friendly, almost everywhere we went pets were allowed! People really like chihuahuas'. All in all, I actually really enjoyed the trip. Although it is a great way to embarrass your thirteen year old daughter... for about the first 2 weeks, after a month I realized that I was just telling myself that I hated it, when really, I just wanted that voice to shut up and let me enjoy the "bumpy" ride. I'm really going to miss Michigan and Indigo Bluffs, but that will make me love it even more when I go back next year.
Honestly I didn't really miss my friends that much, I had a cell phone with me, and wifi, so I didn't miss much. But dad I'm warning you, If you sell the house and make us live in this.... I know where you sleep... But if you want to buy a boat I'm totally okay with that, or maybe a summer home up in Michigan... we can sell the one in Hidden Valley.
You know what they say. Never judge a book by it's cover, until you've seen what's inside. Or, "Never judge an RV by the movie, until you've experienced the real thing."
See you next summer.
Ali
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Day 26 of the RV trip, July 27th
Today is a sad and happy day. We are leaving Indigo Bluffs and heading home, well first to The National Shrine of the Little Flower. Or St. Therese. But before I get started on that I would really like to give Indigo Bluffs RV resort a review.
If it were rated out of 5 stars, I would give it 10... or more. The lots are absolutely beautiful and you aren't right up against you neighbor. When you first pull into the resort you see the check in building, clubhouse, and a large heated pool. You drive a little ways down a long road and then the ponds come into view first, with the waterfalls, then all of the wild flowers. The lots are concrete with a stone design in them, they are kind of like a huge drive way, with a couple chairs and a fire pit on each one. The staff was so nice and was just awesome. They even have a really nice air conditioned laundry room. That is one of the reasons we are going there for a month next year in the summer. So if you ever want an awesome, beautiful, and relaxing vacation, Indigo Bluffs is the choice for you!
Okay so we left pretty early in the morning, around 10:30 ha ha. We said good bye to the staff, one in particular. Janice, she was so nice and I can't wait to see her next year. My mom took the rental car back to the rental car place and then we drove up past Petoskey to get the RV steps fixed. They broke some how and wouldn't go in for most of the trip, so we had to bungee cord them while we were driving. They got fixed, and we took off to another camp to just spend the night at. The camp was actually really nice, nothing like Indigo though. But we decided that it would be a good place to stop the first night of our trip next summer. It started raining around ten, but I found it peaceful so I fell right asleep.
Tomorrow we will be going the shrine and then home. Finally.
If it were rated out of 5 stars, I would give it 10... or more. The lots are absolutely beautiful and you aren't right up against you neighbor. When you first pull into the resort you see the check in building, clubhouse, and a large heated pool. You drive a little ways down a long road and then the ponds come into view first, with the waterfalls, then all of the wild flowers. The lots are concrete with a stone design in them, they are kind of like a huge drive way, with a couple chairs and a fire pit on each one. The staff was so nice and was just awesome. They even have a really nice air conditioned laundry room. That is one of the reasons we are going there for a month next year in the summer. So if you ever want an awesome, beautiful, and relaxing vacation, Indigo Bluffs is the choice for you!
Okay so we left pretty early in the morning, around 10:30 ha ha. We said good bye to the staff, one in particular. Janice, she was so nice and I can't wait to see her next year. My mom took the rental car back to the rental car place and then we drove up past Petoskey to get the RV steps fixed. They broke some how and wouldn't go in for most of the trip, so we had to bungee cord them while we were driving. They got fixed, and we took off to another camp to just spend the night at. The camp was actually really nice, nothing like Indigo though. But we decided that it would be a good place to stop the first night of our trip next summer. It started raining around ten, but I found it peaceful so I fell right asleep.
Tomorrow we will be going the shrine and then home. Finally.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Day 25 of the RV trip, July 26th
Yes! I'm finally caught up to date on my blog!
Okay so today I slept in to 10:30 that's not really sleeping in, but oh well. I'm always tired. My dad was cleaning like crazy, vacuuming and organizing. I even think he vacuumed out side! We went to the isolated beach one last time, because we are leaving Indigo Bluffs tomorrow. :'( Then we went to Gallagher's for ice cream, ha ha. We also stopped in Empire because my parents wanted to look in a store. Then we came back home because there was a wine tasting at the club house at 5. Don't worry they served non-alcoholic beverages too. We got to say good bye to the people that we made friends with and to the owner, I feel so weird calling them that, I don't know why, like I feel like I'm coming off as stuck up. I'll call him mr. becker. I'm pretty sure that's spelled wrong. Sorry! My parents wanted to run out again so I sat at the pool while they were gone and read a book. When I came home I made a s'more on the fire one last time.
Well now your all caught up.
Tomorrow we will be on the road again, and you know how hilarious that will be for me..... not.
But all in all, so far our trip has really been pretty good.
Shhh don't tell my dad I said that, he might make us take another RV trip somewhere else.... where people might actually know me!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hopefully luck is on our side, night!
Ali
Okay so today I slept in to 10:30 that's not really sleeping in, but oh well. I'm always tired. My dad was cleaning like crazy, vacuuming and organizing. I even think he vacuumed out side! We went to the isolated beach one last time, because we are leaving Indigo Bluffs tomorrow. :'( Then we went to Gallagher's for ice cream, ha ha. We also stopped in Empire because my parents wanted to look in a store. Then we came back home because there was a wine tasting at the club house at 5. Don't worry they served non-alcoholic beverages too. We got to say good bye to the people that we made friends with and to the owner, I feel so weird calling them that, I don't know why, like I feel like I'm coming off as stuck up. I'll call him mr. becker. I'm pretty sure that's spelled wrong. Sorry! My parents wanted to run out again so I sat at the pool while they were gone and read a book. When I came home I made a s'more on the fire one last time.
Well now your all caught up.
Tomorrow we will be on the road again, and you know how hilarious that will be for me..... not.
But all in all, so far our trip has really been pretty good.
Shhh don't tell my dad I said that, he might make us take another RV trip somewhere else.... where people might actually know me!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hopefully luck is on our side, night!
Ali
Day 24 of the RV trip, July 25th
Today we went to the Grand Traverse City mall, because I wanted to go to Hollister and American Eagle. (all AE jeans are on sale!) They didn't have an abercrombie because it went bankrupt 3 days after Christmas. After the mall we went to Low's for my dad and then we went grocery shopping! Lol.
But I've got to go, Night
Ali
But I've got to go, Night
Ali
Day 23 of the RV trip, July 24th
Okay so I think we went back into Empire today for the art festival, idk. It was a pretty cool festival, and my dad got a really awesome fossil. He also bought my mom 2 heart shaped petoskey pendants. Then he bought this picture, thats made of fabric and is quilted, it's really cool. The only bad thing is that it was so hot, the kind of hot that is just so humid, but with a breeze. I'm sure your thinking "well if there was a breeze then why were you so hot?" Because it was a hot breeze, by the time we got out of there... just never mind. After the art festival we went out to eat at a restraunt. It was really good. When we got back to the RV, my mom told me to go online to abercrombie kids and Hollisterco.com. We were able to order a bunch of clothes from there, since obviously the sale was going on online too. After that I worked on my blog, trying to update everything. As you can see I didn't finish, since it is the 26th and I'm on the 24th.
Day 22 of the RV trip, July 23rd
So today I mostly drew, but my picture was really horrible so I'm never going to show it to anyone. Katie just told me that there is a 50% off sale on red lines at abercrombie and hollister! Grr I need to find a mall! We went back to the isolated beach today, then after we stopped at Gallagher's for ice cream. Yum! I'm so tired, so I'm going to go to bed! Night
ali
ali
Day 21 of the RV trip, July 22nd
Today is Katie's birthday party! Hope it goes well!
Today was another lazy day, I went up to the pool for a while reading books, while my parents went out grocery shopping. It seemed a little weird when there was only an adult in the pool, but then I realized that it was adult swim... after 2 (obnoxious) boys kept asking their dad when they could go in the pool. It wasn't until 2 p.m. that adult swim was over. Then all of the peace and quiet was broken. Evan's family was going back home today, and I really needed another petoskey polishing class. Oh well I'll have to wait until next year. Oh I forgot to mention that we already booked another month June 14th to July 14 on the same lot we are on now, for next summer! That's how much we like it here! But I've got to go!
Tomorrow's another day,
Ali
Today was another lazy day, I went up to the pool for a while reading books, while my parents went out grocery shopping. It seemed a little weird when there was only an adult in the pool, but then I realized that it was adult swim... after 2 (obnoxious) boys kept asking their dad when they could go in the pool. It wasn't until 2 p.m. that adult swim was over. Then all of the peace and quiet was broken. Evan's family was going back home today, and I really needed another petoskey polishing class. Oh well I'll have to wait until next year. Oh I forgot to mention that we already booked another month June 14th to July 14 on the same lot we are on now, for next summer! That's how much we like it here! But I've got to go!
Tomorrow's another day,
Ali
Day 20 of the RV trip, July 21
Today we had a lazy day, I went outside and read a couple books. I got a lot of sun too. When I finished all of my books I went down to the pond and caught some tad poles. Don't worry I made a little enclosure in the pond out of small rocks, but they are smarter than they look, they figured out how to get out. My dad found this really tiny frog like t h i s__ big on one of our hoses. It was so cute!
To be honest I really can't remember what we did for most of the days, I keep looking at my texts to friends for clues about what we did... I'm pathetic.
Here's some stuff that I remember, but I can't remember exactly what day, but I know that they happened in the next few days, or later on in the week.
Evan, 10 years old, one of the owners' sons, does petoskey polishing classes. He asked me to take one, so I bought a kit for 3 dollars and got a petoskey stone from the RV. It was pretty fun and messy. After that we got on our bikes and went down to the pond to look for more. But really he was trying to, unsuccessfully, catch frogs.
Thats really all, ha ha.
To be honest I really can't remember what we did for most of the days, I keep looking at my texts to friends for clues about what we did... I'm pathetic.
Here's some stuff that I remember, but I can't remember exactly what day, but I know that they happened in the next few days, or later on in the week.
Evan, 10 years old, one of the owners' sons, does petoskey polishing classes. He asked me to take one, so I bought a kit for 3 dollars and got a petoskey stone from the RV. It was pretty fun and messy. After that we got on our bikes and went down to the pond to look for more. But really he was trying to, unsuccessfully, catch frogs.
Thats really all, ha ha.
Day 19 of the RV trip, July 20th
Happy 13th birthday Katie W.! (my best friend) I'm sorry I can't make it to your party on the 22nd, I'm sure you'll understand... don't worry you'll still get a gift.
Okay guess what we did today????!!!! We went to the isolated beach again. We just really like it there, ha ha. I found a ton of sea glass and some really pretty stones. Same with my parents. Some days there is a ton of algae in the water, and it's like super gross. When it's high tide it gets all over the beach and you don't really want to go into the water, because it's so gross. I forgot to mention in my previous posts, there are always a couple pair of swans in the water on the beach. It's really pretty because when the suns setting and they are in the water. We got some really good pictures of them. Ha ha, I say that about everything.
Night
Ali
Okay guess what we did today????!!!! We went to the isolated beach again. We just really like it there, ha ha. I found a ton of sea glass and some really pretty stones. Same with my parents. Some days there is a ton of algae in the water, and it's like super gross. When it's high tide it gets all over the beach and you don't really want to go into the water, because it's so gross. I forgot to mention in my previous posts, there are always a couple pair of swans in the water on the beach. It's really pretty because when the suns setting and they are in the water. We got some really good pictures of them. Ha ha, I say that about everything.
Night
Ali
Day 18 of the RV trip, July 19th
I'll try not to bore you with the details. We went to the beach again today. Thats really all. Not much to it. I'm starting to get a little homesick but not much. Our trips going to end soon, but for now I'm just enjoying whats left.
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