K jokes with me all the time that I am a terrible naturalist and environmentalist for not loving camping.
What’s not to love about this though?
I did not grow up camping, so it was something I was never really exposed to. For instance, when I told my mom we had to use a pit toilet and that there were no showers, she proceeded to be extremely grossed out. So that basically explains why I never camped as a kid.
It is not that I don’t love nature, I just want to sleep in a bed and use a real toilet.
Is that too much to ask?
Anyway, myself and 5 others ventured out to Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota over Memorial Day Weekend.
We drove up to Minneapolis Friday night and then drove the rest of the way Saturday morning.
While Saturday had beautiful weather, the forecasted weather for the rest of the weekend made us change our plans up a bit.
To prepare for the onslaught of rain that was going to be coming, we rigged a tarp up in the trees to give us a dry space to hang out that was not our tents.
It worked great! Our food prep area and firewood stayed dry. We spent both evenings under it playing cards around the picnic table.
Luckily we did have the good weather Saturday before the rain came. Some of our group canoed and some of us hiked.
My phone had died by Saturday night and I did not charge it again until I got home Monday night. It was a cool experiment to be without my phone for that long.
That is also why I only have pictures from the first day we were there!
Anyway, I don’t think this will be the last time I go sleep under the stars, but I will enjoy the modern luxuries of a bed and toilet until then.
waste not want not 