Log Lake in Kalkaska

If you are looking for a great beach in Kalkaska County can I suggest Log Lake.  It has a wonderful sandy beach perfect for skim boards...which my kids have not figured out how to ride yet.  But with those boards you cannot have the rocky beaches found so often in Northern Michigan.

Log Lake is a public no-wake lake that has a park and picnic area and there is also a camp ground right next to the beach if you are looking for a place to camp.  I was told there is great fishing there.  My son in this photo went snorkling and said he saw a huge school of fish.  I bought him a disposable underwater camera so maybe in the next blog I will have a photo of some of those fish.  For more information on what is going on in Kalkaska there is a great link I found: http://www.visitkalkaska.com/LogLake.htm

Cool Tech Camp

My son is in 6th grade and is now eligible to attend the TBAISD Career-Tech Center's Cool Tech Camp. This summer he is attending the TBA Drag Way class where the kids make wooden drag racers and then race them by a CO2 cartridge propelling them. My son thinks this is the "GREATEST CLASS EVER!" That is his quote.

Traverse City has tons of things for kids to do over the summer. There are courses run by the Career-Tech Center and also NMC's College for Kids. My younger child will be attending a course there this summer. For more information you can go to the Center's website at:  http://www.tbactc.org/student-services/summer-tech-camp.asp