The Mouse Family Blog

We spent this weekend canoeing and camping with a couple from our small group.

The canoe rental place drove us about 25 miles upstream and dropped us off. We paddled about half way before making camp on an uninhabited island. We had to bushwhack our way in to find a campsite -- very rustic of us. But since we had our canoes, it was a lot more like car camping in terms of the gear we could bring along -- we had our tents and plenty of food for supper. We made hobo dinners using a technique Saundra once tried at home when I was growing up. It works great over the campfire -- peppers, onions, potatoes, and beef for about 20 minutes.

We got a little bit of rain overnight that cut our campfire chatter a bit short as we retreated to our tents. But overall, it was a great time with great weather.

The remaining trip the next morning was a little longer than we bargained for -- a moderate headwind stifled our efforts. But we persevered and rewarded ourselves to a trip to Cracker Barrel afterwards.