First Stop – Coopersville, Michigan – July 23, 2015

This morning we left Lakeville, Indiana and headed to our first stop in Michigan, staying at the Conestoga campground.  Thanks to Jim’s planning we found ourselves with our rear window of the RV facing the Grand River just up the road from Grand Haven touted as having the best beaches in Michigan.  The campground sits high above the water level providing beautiful vistas of shoreline, water and trees and is incredibly peaceful and quiet.

The humidity is 34 percent and the temperatures are in the high 70’s.  There is also a mild breeze most of the day making the weather as perfect as you can get it.  For the first time in a long time, we are functioning with the windows open and no air conditioning.  Our plan is to stay here for six days and I am loving the idea.  Starting on Saturday there is some sort of Coast Guard Festival in Grand Haven and we think it should be fun and interesting to visit along with some of the other sites in the area.

One negative is the remoteness of all this peace and tranquility.  We had to drive ½ hour to find a restaurant and grocery store.  I guess we will be doing more cooking while we are here.  On the way back from our excursion, we saw a large fruit and vegetable market on the corner of the road.  It was already 7:40 p.m. so I didn’t think it was still open but you know optimistic Jim.  He pulled in and found a nice lady who said, “we just sell on the honor system.”   “Just take what you want in a plastic bag and put the money in the cash box”.  We found the most delicious black cherries and blueberries I have ever seen.  Of course, we did our part to help the local economy.

By the way, in this part of the country sundown is not until after 9 p.m.  In fact, the hostess at the campground says it should be around 9:45 p.m.  No wonder at 8:40 p.m. there are still people boating and fishing on the river.