Thursday, August 31, 2017

Silver Lake Sand Dunes–Part 2

Guys having fun at the dunes

Our friends, Bill & Linda, who we had met in Florida this past winter, wanted to check out the Silver Lake area, so they joined us for a couple days at Silver Creek RV Resort.  Bryce and Tom took them up on the dunes for a ride, and then they went on the Mac Woods tour, also.  They said they enjoyed both!

Little Sable Light House

After a delicious dinner at Hart Pizza with Dave & Kathy, we enjoyed the view of the sunset at the Lake Michigan beach at Little Sable Light House.

It was a beautiful night for a sunset on the beach!

Sunset at the light house

Sunset at the beach

Enjoying the sunset with friends!

Sunset with friends

Our visit to Silver Lake happened to coincide with the Oceana County Fair, and we had so much fun there last year, we had to go back again!  Kathy joined us this time!

We were all in the mood for fair food!

Fair Food

Contemplating Mexican food??

Tom and Kathy were considering the mexican food . . . but we ended up with corn dogs & french fries, with an elephant ear & funnel cake for dessert!  Of course, Bryce had to have the monster bag of cotton candy, too!







We walked through the Exhibition Hall,

4H books

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Apple Harvest

and then made our way over to the animal barns – my favorite!

The horses all looked like they were in disguise . . .

Horse in disguise?

and the sheep and goats wanted to be our friends!

Bald sheep

Staring down from a goat

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The pigs just wanted to sleep!

Cute piggies

Awww

The chickens were pretty, but they smelled bad . . .

Rooster

Beautiful brown feathers

and these two were really enthralled by the ducks outside.

Watching the ducks


The big boys are pretty cool . . .

Big horses!











Another big guy!


but my favorites are still the cows!  They just have the prettiest faces!

What a face!


Sometimes they look like they are talking to each other, whispering secrets.

What could they be talking about?

Cow conference











Bryce and Kathy didn’t like the cows at all – they said the barn was just too stinky – but Tom thought they were cute, too!

Baby cow

With our tummies full, and having looked at all the animals, our county fair experience was complete . . . we were ready to head home.

Time to head home

Kathy giving Bryce a hard time

Not a bad way to spend a late summer afternoon!  Even Bryce had fun . . . although he did have to put up with Kathy harassing him!









On the way out to the parking area, we spotted the sheep team working out on the obstacles!

Sheep training

The sheep didn’t look like they were having as much fun as the kids were!

I don;t think the sheep wanted to jump!

Nope - definitely didn't want to











A great way to wrap up our little vacation!



2 comments:

  1. That fair reminded me of my youthful years. Visiting my grandparent's farm and going to Holiday Weekend Fairs. That smell is called Life. The goats wanted attention because they were scared by their surroundings and the cows are the cutest.
    Be Safe and Enjoy!

    It's about time.

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  2. Beautiful photos! ! Love checking out your blog for travel advice and inspirations, thanks for the share!
    Gregg

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