I know it was two weeks ago, but I’m just now getting around to recapping my short little vacation to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota.
On Friday the 12th, I woke up at 3:30 am because we were planning on leaving around 4. As things always seem to go, we didn’t finish packing up the van and trailer until about 4:45. We were off to a slow start. Eventually, we got on the road, picked everyone up and then had an uneventful 4-5 hour drive.
The weather was beautiful Friday and we had a great time canoeing, fishing and generally relaxing. We spent most of the day on the water except for the time it spent to set up camp. When we arrived at our site, there was a nice big pile of bear poop waiting for us on the path. Not exactly an encouraging sign, but I’m pretty sure it was the last open site on the lake. So we just hung our food high and hoped for the best. (ps. We had no bear visits that we know of, though two of our group did see a wolf!) As the sun began to set, Bird and I took a romantic canoe ride:
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That night we had a great fire and there were a lot of laughs. Eventually, the boys went off to catch crayfish and frogs. You know, boy things. The girls sat around the fire having girl talk.
That’s me trying to catch one of the biggest frogs I’ve ever seen, but he was very quick.
Anyways, Saturday morning came and we had more gorgeous weather. We continued to not do much of anything and love every minute of it. We came in off the lake for lunch and just as we finished lunch, it began to rain. It never stopped. It rained through Saturday afternoon and all of Sunday morning and then we left Sunday afternoon. But we had rain gear, tarps, and a good tent, so we stayed dry and still had a lot of fun. I’m hoping we’ll get to do it again next year.
Remember how my friend was putting everything on his credit card and we were all going to settle up when we got back. Well, he billed me the other day for $78. That was much lower than my original estimate and therefore, I am a very happy camper!
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