Thursday, July 19, 2007

Camping Trip Pics

Well last weekend the PL Pride crew (Eric, Kris, Mikey B, Pete, Corey, Mel, Aimee, Anne, and Liz) and I all ventured out to camp at Lake Bemidji State Park. Let me assure you that good times were had by all! It was great to get away from the daily grind and enjoy some time outdoors with some good friends.

For all the pictures of the great american camping adventure click here. Otherwise, scroll down for some highlights/let downs and a few select pics.

The Highlights:

- Itasca State Park (standing on the headwaters of the Mississippi, and climbing the Fire Tower)
- Discovering Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Smores
- Running along the Paul Bunyan Expressway (is that the name?)
- Enjoying nature and all that crap
- Camping with an air matress to sleep on
- Ending the trip with Taco Johns ... Oh Yeah!!

The Let Downs:

- The Lost Forty (40 acres of mosquitos, not trees ... skip it)
- Chiggers (Swimmer's Itch warnings for Lake Bemidji. Didn't go swimming!)
- Forgetting the air matress to sleep on the first night. Ouch!

Atop the FIRE TOWER!!


Headwaters of the Mississippi


Bonfire Bonding




The Zoey Monster




Best Food Ever!

3 comments:

Melanie said...
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Melanie said...

Sorry the Lost Forty was such a bummer for you. I agree the bugs were BAD, but a longer hike would have been nice. According to the web site we missed a lot of other HUGE trees. Maybe it would be better in the fall.

Captain Random said...

Oh don't worry about it. Not your fault at all. Had the mosquitos not been that bad, it would have been cool, no doubt.

I just remember Mike walking in front of me, him stopping, and 40 mosquitos landing on his back. Yikes!!

Overall, despite that it was a GREAT trip!!