High Five for Friday (link up)

Happy Friday! I leave for Florida on Wednesday to go visit my sister and her family so hopefully I will be back next Friday with some fun things we did (i make no promises though!)

1. I have been making a point to go for a walk every morning, and Monday morning was a glorious one. I caught this nice picture of my parents pond and enjoyed the peace and quiet of a country morning.

 

2. I had a dentist appointment on Tuesday, and unlike most people -- I enjoy going to dentist! I love leaving with clean teeth and knowing that they aren't going to just fall out at anytime. That is one of my biggest fears -- losing my teeth. I seriously have nightmares about it. *shivers*

dental care all day errryday

3. Clarence and I went for a walk at Sleepy Hollow State Park, which is near my parents house. I proceeded to get eaten alive by bugs, but before that we had a enjoyable exploration. You can check out my blog post on that experience and learn more about Sleepy Hollow here!

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Wednesday night was my little brother's 7th grade orchestra concert. He plays the cello (he also plays the piano, but not in the orchestra!) and the concert was super good. They played Call Me Maybe which made my life, and they even had a little skit at the beginning and it was super cute. It's fun to be able to watch the progression of the orchestra from 5th grade to now. It's amazing how much they have improved in just 2 years!

5. And finally, I got a new phone! I upgraded from a iphone 4 or an iphone 5c. Due to my lack of backing up because of a shoddy internet connection, I lost a few things along the way - but nothing important. Mainly, photos from day 3 and 4 on photoaday and some other things.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Pure Michigan Travel: Sleepy Hollow State Park

One of the benefits of living in a great state like Michigan is that there are TONS of things to do in your very own backyard! I plan on covering some of the great gems of Michigan as I explore them. Yesterday, Clarence and I wanted to get out and go for a walk. My parents live only a few miles from Sleepy Hollow State Park, so we decided to venture over there. I went there frequently as a child, but Clarence had never been. Once we arrived to Lake Ovid, he became incredulous that I had never told him about it or brought him there in the 7.5 years we have been together.

Sleepy Hollow State Park is technically located in Laingsburg, Michigan and has an amazing 2600 acres to explore by camping, horse riding, hiking, biking, etc. It even has disc golf course if that is your jam. We inadvertently wandered into this mans disc golf game TWICE -- so make sure when you're hiking you're doing it on a legit trail and not the disc golf course.

We have the Michigan Recreation Passport, so we just cruised on in and began exploring. Sleepy Hollow has multiple campsites, including hookups for RV's. They also have a 16 mile hiking trail and a 10 mile horse trail. We only wandered for a little bit on what i believe was the horse trail, and it was really nice -- minus the mosquitoes. To be fair, I had brought bug spray and forgot to use it...

Sleepy Hollow State Park

You can also canoe and kayak on Lake Ovid, along with swimming and fishing. I have swam in Lake Ovid in YEARS, but it looked super nice and there were families playing on the playground and eating at the picnic tables.

We have already decided we are going to kayak or canoe sometime later in the summer and I am already looking forward to it!

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