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August 2008 - Indiana Dunes State Park


Camping at Indiana Dunes State Park.
We went swimming in the lake (Saturday was hot and muggy, so it was a great day for swimming). Sunday had a northerly wind, so the waves were too high for swimming at the public beach, but we could still go wading and get hit by waves and make drizzle castles or play the stick game. We didn't take the camera to the beach however. Here are some of the pictures we did take.

A unique item at the playground was this teeter-totter. It was in high demand, but a couple times Philip and Angelika found it free. Luckily they were pretty evenly balanced. Getting a big bump at the top seemed to be the objective.

 

We tried out our new tent. Takes a little longer to put up, but it's definitely nice, and seems to handle the rain better than the old one, although we didn't get a strong thunderstorm to really try it out.
We did get a little rain the second night, but not enough to bother us, especially with the tarp over the picnic table.

The dunes along the lake are over 100 feet high, and climbing up the soft sand in the mid-day sun left Angelika needing a break in the shade.
But at the top, there was a very nice view of the beach, and in the distance you can see downtown Chicago, 30 miles away across Lake Michigan. (Click on the picture to see it better in the full-size 428KB image).


Once at the top, it was good fun to jump down the steepest parts

 

 
 

Or to roll down the hill, as the case may be.
Then a final run all the way down to the bottom of the dune, at top speed.

 
Philip finds out why his shoes "seemed too small".

 
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