What a great adventure we have just returned from! This past week we took a camping trip out west and stayed in South Haven at Jellystone Park with our friends Alex, Nicole, and Kira. Overall it was a really good. The camp itself is geared towards families with children, so there were a lot of activities for the kids to participate in (along with the parents too). Some of these activities included fire engine truck rides, breakfast events, swimming pool games, and gem mining. Many of the events included Yogi Bear and his friends. In addition to the campground itself we got to go explore the city of South Haven, and swim in Lake Michigan! Kylie really enjoyed swimming in the Great Lake and has set a goal for herself of swimming in all of them, which I think is an awesome idea and have added that to my bucket list as well! The only down side of the campground was that it is relatively new. Now this doesn’t seem like it would be an issue, however, the area where the camp is constructed used to be open fields, so all of the trees were also recently planted, which means they are still relatively young and short so they didn’t supply much shade. As such the already hot July weather was magnified by the lack of places to find shade and we found ourselves spending a good amount of time in the little restaurant or camp store for no other reason than to enjoy some air conditioning and try to cool down. The heat led to some issues as we were irritable and uncomfortable, but for the most part things went well. While I believe we will visit South Haven again in the future, I do not believe we will revisit Jellystone, as far as camping goes it was expensive compared to other parks due to its commercial appeal, but we wanted the kids to have the experience of the themed park. Next time we will either stay at a hotel or find a state park to camp at. In any event, it was a lot of fun and we are looking forward to our next camping trip which is planned for next month!