Lake of the Woods

It's been a long time since I've thought about posting something to the blog. I've neglected to post anything about the wedding (Oct 7th 2006), the honeymoon in Hawaii and a couple of birthdays. Looks like I've got a lot of catching up to do. Lets start with Tenise's birthday camping trip to Lake of the Woods.

We've been wanting to camp for a few years now but something always gets in the way (laziness). So we finally overcame our procrastination and set about making plans for the weekend in the woods.

I put together a checklist of items we would need. Found the maps, started planning and packing. This involved several trips to Wal-Mart of course. We ended up with all new camping gear except for a very nice tent that someone gave to Tenise some years ago. Its one of those big ones with 2 rooms inside.

We drove for about an hour to get to Aspen Point; where we wanted to stay. It was a very busy weekend there and we were lucky to get a nice spot down by the water. We arrived about 1:00 p.m. and camp was set up about an hour after that.

We weren't really paying attention to the tent so much as looking around at the scenery, and so we set the tent up facing the wrong way. Whoops. Once that was finished we decided to drive around and get some lunch at the nearby resort. The food was great, the service ... not so much.

After we got back from eating (best steak sandwich ever) we went for a hike around the shore-line. There were tons of people around, (bikini girls included) boats and jetskis racing all over the lake, and every campsite was full.We aren't all that active in our daily lives, so after a few little hiking adventures, we were tired and it was time to go back to camp and start a fire, kick back and relax.

We took a LOT of pictures of fire. When camping, the campfire is our replacement for the TV. It was great, we sat around talking about all kinds of stuff, then we played with fire!! When we got tired of fireplay, we retired to our luxurious tent and played cards until we "passed out". The campground was pretty noisy the first night and we heard yelling and screaming until about midnight (summer camp across the lake). Heh.. those suckers who go to bed early were probably getting angry.

Tenise and I are two of the whitest people on the planet. We were reminded of this when we went swiming the next day. We found a private little beach to hang out on. I forgot my sunglasses and had to use rocks over my eyeballs instead.

So we hiked and we swam and we ate and then we hiked some more. There were also times when we roasted things such as marshmallows and mushrooms.

This trip was in celebration of Tenise's birthday so after we got home we rented a bunch of movies and we hung out on the couch and tried to recover. My legs were sore for a full day after we got home. I made Tenise a mini birthday cake out of strawberry fig newtons and frosting. She loved it, but she loves anything miniature.

Happy birthday!

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