Lake Shetek

We're off for a mini-getaway to Lake Shetek State Park! In desperate need for time away from normal worries, this two-day camping trip will be short, but at least it's a change of scenery. Since we've long neglected our podcast, we're hoping to record one this trip, and we'll hopefully have a lot of photos to post, too!! With the amount of fantastic natural beauty that's bound to be there, I can't imagine coming home with anything less than a stuffed data card in our camera. There are supposed to be pelicans on this lake in spring and fall, and according to the DNR info page, the word 'shetek' means pelican in Ojibwe. We'll be staying in a camper cabin, and this is probably as close to 'roughing it' as I'm going to get. I shocked even myself for even entertaining the idea of staying where there is no in-house bathroom (gasp!), but I'm bringing a bucket to pee in, and John knows if I've got to do any more than that in the middle of the night, I'll be waking him up and making him come with me to the communal loo. Because there is little more than frame beds with mattresses in them, we've got to bring half the condo along! Seems a bit overkill for just two night's stay, but I actually don't mind heavily packing for a road trip. A trip by plane, however, is another story and we try to travel only with one small carry-on backpack and share one checked-in bag usually. But on a road trip, and especially one where we need to start our own fires for meals, all the food for each meal (no, we won't be fishing, we stopped at Coastal Seafoods for our fish), blankets for the beds, and enough appropriate clothing for the variance in autumnal weather, it's really no big whoop to just stuff the car with crap. We're bringing the telescope, too, because autumn star gazing is the best. I'd love to finally figure out how to do deep space photography, maybe I'll have to bring some info on that for us to fiddle with. After a simple breakfast and quick shower, we'll be off! We'll be blogging more soon, so stay tuned!!! Love & hugs, R&J