Carl and I went to Moose Lake, MN for the weekend of May 23rd. We needed to break in the canoe and see if Dakota would be able to tolerate riding along with us. He did make it for a short time, but he won't be able to come along for our trip to the Boundary Waters in August. He's just getting too old and it would be uncomfortable for him to be in the canoe for long. Originally we reserved a site with electricity, but when we saw it, we decided it was too close to the road and we switched to a walk-in site. It was spectacular! Nice space and lots of shade. Dakota was in heaven and reminded us of how we are NOT to leave him tied up while we unpack. Yup, I had to tie him around my waist and let him do the trekking with us. Not sure if he thought we were going to leave him, but.... To prove to Carl that I was adventurous, I agreed to sleep under a tarp on Friday night. Close to sleeping under the stars...the picture above should give you a good idea. It was cool out...ok, cold actually, at night, so no bugs to worry about. I have to admit that I liked the openness and Dakota did too -- I woke up at one point during the night to him staring at me. Kinda freaky, but I guess he was just checking to be sure I was OK. Maybe he knew that the zipper on my brand new 20 degree sleeping bag decided to BREAK and it was a challenge to stay warm. The second night we set up the tent, because we had a threat of rain. And yes, it did rain, so we stayed dry. Dakota thought that he should sleep ON our bed, not next to it. We quickly corrected him. Carl spent time figuring out different ways to set up the tarp for cover and for sleeping purposes. We played a lot of Cribbage while listening to the Twins game both Friday and Saturday night. AND, we managed to cook all of our food on the fire. Life is good....
Carl and I went to Moose Lake, MN for the weekend of May 23rd. We needed to break in the canoe and see if Dakota would be able to tolerate riding along with us. He did make it for a short time, but he won't be able to come along for our trip to the Boundary Waters in August. He's just getting too old and it would be uncomfortable for him to be in the canoe for long. Originally we reserved a site with electricity, but when we saw it, we decided it was too close to the road and we switched to a walk-in site. It was spectacular! Nice space and lots of shade. Dakota was in heaven and reminded us of how we are NOT to leave him tied up while we unpack. Yup, I had to tie him around my waist and let him do the trekking with us. Not sure if he thought we were going to leave him, but.... To prove to Carl that I was adventurous, I agreed to sleep under a tarp on Friday night. Close to sleeping under the stars...the picture above should give you a good idea. It was cool out...ok, cold actually, at night, so no bugs to worry about. I have to admit that I liked the openness and Dakota did too -- I woke up at one point during the night to him staring at me. Kinda freaky, but I guess he was just checking to be sure I was OK. Maybe he knew that the zipper on my brand new 20 degree sleeping bag decided to BREAK and it was a challenge to stay warm. The second night we set up the tent, because we had a threat of rain. And yes, it did rain, so we stayed dry. Dakota thought that he should sleep ON our bed, not next to it. We quickly corrected him. Carl spent time figuring out different ways to set up the tarp for cover and for sleeping purposes. We played a lot of Cribbage while listening to the Twins game both Friday and Saturday night. AND, we managed to cook all of our food on the fire. Life is good....
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