The Big Lake

It was my first vacation day of the year and off to Lake Michigan for the day on Tuesday. My mother's side of the family has made a tradition of camping for a week or two together every summer somewhere north of Grand Rapids in Michigan. This year the place is Pioneer County Park near Muskegon. The weather was splendiforous, the sun as warm as the family, and the water invigoratingly cold.

It was Alex's first beach experience, and he loved it once the siblings and cousins stopped blocking his sun. He was never quite able to bring himself to get in the water, but I can't blame him. It was shockingly cold. You got used to it about the same time your extremities went numb. I love it.