78 Michigan Parks: Sterling State Park #78

We enjoyed our time at Belle Isle, but really wanted to fit in a second state park, so we drove, southwest into the sun, to get to Sterling State Park, off of Lake Erie.

They had a proper sign. lol. 

As we pulled up, the parking lot was mostly empty, but the view was stunning!

I have never seen such a beautiful moon rise!  The colors were surreal!

The pictures don't even come close to doing it justice.  I took soooo many pictures, because it was just so astounding!

Goose prints!

The moon was HUGE!!! It just didn't come across well on the camera, but it was breathtaking.

The kids could have happily played here for a good long while, but when we exited the interstate, we saw a sign for a National Battleground site.  We thought, why not, while we're here?

But one more picture of Lake Erie in the moonrise.

These pictures are also a bit misleading, it was proper dark at the Battleground.  It was also getting cold.

William in front of the moon, holding a pretend gun.

The building on the battle ground site was permanently closed, so we headed over to the new site.  Sadly, we were caught by a stopping train, and waited there a looooooooooong time.  But we did find the new site, and I do love my signage, so here they are by the official sign!

At home, a few days later, I used my CD scratch remover (that may or may not be older than Alice) to fix the Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Squeakal DVD, without success.  We were able to skip chapter one, which was mostly company logos and things, so they got to watch the rest of the film here!

It was a long day, but made for quite the adventure, and none of the kids fought me when it was time to get up the next morning!  This project is making for quite a few fun memories! = )

later days

If you want to see all the ones we've visited so far, here are the links to the posts:

Tahquamenon Falls #15
Keith J Charters #33
Silver Lake State Park #49
Muskegon State Park #50*
Newaygo State Park #51
PJ Hoffmaster State Park #52
Grand Haven State Park #53
Ionia State Park #54
Sleepy Hollow State Park #55
Holland State Park #61
Island Park State Recreation Area #63b
Dodge #4 State Park #66a
Bald Moutain State Recreation Area #66b
Fort Custer Recreation Area #69
Waterloo Recreation Area #70a
Pickney State Recreation Area #70b

Belle Isle Park #72

Van Buren State Park #73

edit 10-26-24: backdated for continuity.