Lake Michigan {Campsite & Train Ride}

We went to the beach another day while we were on vacation, but Sutton was in a bad mood and didn't want to swim AT ALL. It was slightly disastrous and put us all in a bad mood. I'll do one more post with Instagram photos and maybe I'll go more in depth about that. Maybe not. :)

I thought we needed a photo of our campsite setup, and Adam was all too happy to "help" me out.

So here it is...our tent on the right, and you can kinda see the air conditioner unit on the left of it that Adam hooked up, which was a lifesaver. We moved campsites after the first night because our original spot didn't have any shade and the A/C couldn't keep up. But once the tent was under the trees, it did great. Just to the left of that mosquito tent thing (which was where we kept cooking stuff), there was a path into the trees that led to a little park. We went there several times so the kiddo could play. It was a nice little setup, I was just not a fan of the heat. It wasn't as bad as Texas would've been, but it still wasn't a cool 70 degrees. :)

Sutton is a weirdo. We put a sleeping bag next to ours for him to sleep on, and EVERY NIGHT he slept on the floor of the tent next to the sleeping bag, not on it. No blankets, no cushion, nothing. He's so strange. Our A/C actually got pretty cold at night, so we turned it warmer and put socks and pants on him since he refused to use blankets.

We split the drive home into two days, so we left our campsite Saturday morning and made an hour and a half drive to a tiny little town called North Judson, Indiana. Adam had booked us tickets to go on a train ride, which Sutton had never done before. We got there and there was a little museum and gift shop. Sutton loved playing with all the little trains.

We were a little early, so after a potty break (where Sutton decided he wanted to pee standing up, which was a first for him other than outside...it was messy), we looked around at the trains. That train on the right is the one we rode on. It had that open car that you can see with just benches in the middle, and then down a ways, there was an enclosed commuter car.

Sutton with his train ticket.

The caboose.

Finally, it was time to get on board.

We decided to show Sutton the commuter car first since that was more like a "real" train. I just love this photo of these two.

Then we moved outside where we stayed for the entire 45-minute ride. There was a tour guide who talked about the history of the town and the railroad during the ride.

Much of our little ride looked like this: Indiana farmland.

But we went through some wooded areas too, which included some old railroad tracks and bridges that have been overgrown and looked really cool!

After our ride, Sutton asked "Can we do that again sometime?" And he told the tour guide that it was "pretty awesome" as we were leaving. So I think he liked it.

We stopped at a little restaurant called the Wooden Nickel before we got back on the road, and we had a great lunch there. Once again, maybe I'll talk more about that in the Instagram post.