6/23/17...Kimmy, Adam and Eli came up. Lots of major flooding all over, especially Midland

Worst flooding in Midland in 100 years

Mall area

Right on the main drag on Eastman Street across from the mall

Don't want to shop at Meijer today!!!

Flooding at Kimmy and Jared's...they have lakefront property

Peyton, Isaac, Eli and Adam getting ready to Tie Dye

Adam is all set to do his

Isaac squirting the dye

Peyton

Adam's turned out really cool!

They both did a great job

Who is behind those shirts...like mother, like son....for a hint

We made the first person get out of the picture

Isaac, Eli, Adam, and Peyton....love those shirts they did

Me and Chuck sitting at the Faith Rider's table at the Shield's Festival 

Bill and Chuck at the booth

Stopped to see Melissa and the kids after the Festival got this picture.  Hailey, Evan, Max and Jack. Missed them while I was up north

Kimmy called and was on her way.  She said her yard was really flooded and so was her road.  She had to come through some shallow water on her way but nothing real deep.  I was glad when she pulled into the campground.  Melissa called and asked us to pray for Bruce because of all the water problems he had to deal with at work today.  We were glad to pray.  We sat in the Clam for a while and then we went for a walk around the campground.  The campground was a little flooded, but I have seen it worse.  Our spot was high and dry. We saw all of the baby kittens.  Adam wanted to take the white one home and asked Miss Shirley to save it for him.  They are up on the roof of the bathroom by the pool.  I took the propane tank to get filled at the campground.  We ate lunch and then went to tie dye shirts.  The kids and us had fun doing it.  We saw the big Water Boy's trucks come fill the indoor pool.  We will be happy to be able to swim there again.  After we did the shirts we went swimming until I had to leave for home.   On my way home I decided to go the country roads to see the flooding.  Boy did I see it.  I went down Seven Mile past Beaver Rd. and had to turn around.  Then I went over to the next road and had to turn around.  There wasn't a sign until you got right up by the water.  The side road I wanted to turn on also had a road closed due to flooding sign.  I went back and went one more road over and still couldn't get through so I headed in the other direction so I could get back on the expressway.  I got on it and thought I could get off on Saginaw Rd...which turns into Bay Rd.  It was flooded and closed too and the hotel parking lot right by the road was completely flooded.  I got back on the expressway and got off at the Tittabawassee Rd. Exit.  Finally made it home when I did that and I sure was happy to get there.  I went to Wes and Gayla's to work on the float for the parade tomorrow, but there were enough there to work on it, so I went and sat with Bill at the Booth in Shields.  Stopped at Melissa's on my way home and gave her a fidget cube for the kids.  

6/22/17...Swam, walked, rode bikes, lots of rain at bedtime....

Isaac at the pool

Candy Bar Bingo with the kids

Peyton at the playground

She had lots of fun

Peyton

Peyton and Isaac

Bill got the bricks around the other trees

It was a nice day.  Started out cloudy, but sunny later on.  We went swimming, walked around the campground, rode bikes with the kids, Vikki took Isaac fishing and I took Peyton to the playground.  She made lots of friends at the campground this year.  They were playing together at the playground.  We started walking back to the camper and Isaac and Vikki were walking towards us.  He didn't catch anything but had fun.  The kids rode their bikes around.  We ate pizza from yesterday for dinner.  After the kids went to bed, Vikki and I put the awning up because we saw on the weather that storms were coming.  We are getting pretty good at putting it up and down.  It poured so hard and the thunder was so loud all night.  I was glad I didn't have to worry about the awning.  Our campsite was nice and dry in the morning but lots of sites were flooded.  

6/21/17...came back to the campground, got ready and went to Tawas and Oscoda for the day

In Tawas shopping...Lenny, Isaac, Peyton and Vikki

The kiddos with Nana

The kids had fun at the park

Lenny, Peyton and Isaac by the fountain

By the beach in Tawas

Vikki and Lenny

Lenny the wonder dog...a Spartan fan too

Peyton, Lenny and Isaac walking on the dock

Beautiful day with these cute kiddos

Isaac made it all the way to the end

Peyton almost made it to the end

Peyton, me and Isaac on the dock

Peyton getting ready to walk through the campground at Tawas

Isaac and Peyton in the campground.  We saw a teacher from their school there and talked to her for a while

                                 We had fun at the dog beach in Oscoda. 

We took our G's pizza and had a picnic in Oscoda

The water was cold, but Peyton didn't seem to mind

Vikki and Lenny on the dock at Oscoda

 We stopped at this cute park we like in Tawas on our way home

Peyton

Peyton

Isaac and Peyton

Isaac

I got in on the fun

At 9 a.m. I picked up Vikki and the twins and headed back to the campground.  We stopped for Tim Horton's French Vanilla Caps on the way.  Got back and packed to go to Tawas.  We left, stopped to see Breezyand had a nice drive there with the sun shining all day. Walked through the shops in town and got a waffle ice cream cone.  Walked all of the big dock after that.  Then we went to G's and ordered pizza.  We walked to the car and drove to G's to pick it up when it was done.  Went to Oscoda to the beautiful pet friendly park and beach to eat it and spend time.  On the way there was a detour so we took it.  After we got to the end it didn't look right to me so I had. Kiki look up the Dairy Queen directions in Oscoda. Webacktracked and found out we didn't even need to take the detour so drove right to the park.  Sure don't know why they had The signs up so soon.  We had a nice time at the beach.  Lenny loved the water even though it was cold.  Peyton was in the water quite a bit too!  It was too cold for Vikki and I.  The kids went to the splash park with Vikki while I stayed with Lenny.