Canoeing the Platte

There are few things that I enjoy more than a good road trip.  Luckily Summer in Michigan nearly always involves outdoor fun within a few hours.  Rodney, my brother Brian, my cousin Joey and I took off on a sunny Saturday morning for an exciting canoeing trip.

We stopped in Traverse City for the Cherry Festival (but mostly drove around lost).  We also went to the beach, which was glorious.  We stayed at my uncle's house, played some board games late into the night (my dad almost killed us all with a bug fogger...)  The next morning we canoed the upper Platte, which is a great, challenging river.  All in all it was a grand weekend!