"And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling." -Shanti

We had big plans for the summer of 2020 and then Covid-19 happened.  We were going to go on a month long camping adventure traveling all the way to Washington State.  Like everyone else our plans changed and our adventure will be rescheduled.
The camper has been sitting in storage since October just waiting for us.....It was time for a much shorter adventure to happen. We all know that any adventure is better than no adventure!

We loaded up the camper and went to La Salle Lake State Recreation Area.

After getting the camper all set up we walked down to the lake. La Salle Lake is deepest inland lake in Minnesota. It is 213 feet deep.

Shortly after we got to campgrounds we found out that a huge storm system was headed our way. They were predicting 70 mph straight line winds and quarter  size hail. Not what you want to hear when you are in a camper. The campground host came around and told everyone where the storm shelters were...the outhouse for us! I was not looking forward to going in the outhouse with two dogs and a bunch of strangers. But we got the raincoats out, got the dogs in their harnesses and got our mask out. We were ready if it hit.  Then we decided we should go down to the lake again and see how bad it looked. (Really I need to get a few more steps in)

It was moving in fast! 

But lucky for us it slowed down and by the time it got to us the winds had died down to 40 miles an hour. We got just a little bit of tiny hail and a lot of rain.

The next morning all was well with the world! It was hot, humid and cloudy but we were relaxed and happy.

In the morning we drove to Bemidji and met up with Diane and Rod at the park. We had a great visit with them. We have not seen each other since January.

When we got back to the campgrounds we went for a hike. The dogs did not go with us since Otis had decide he is done hiking. When we go for even a short walk he slows down to a crawl and acts like he is about to die if he has to take one more step. So no more big hikes for the puppies.

We hiked to see the overlook of the Mississippi River. 

That evening we took the canoe out for a little fishing. 

We got a little rain but it felt great since it was 8 million degrees out . 

The next day Rick went to the MSAA State Field Shoot in Bemidji. I was a little wary of him going and being around a lot of people, but  only about 30 people showed up and everyone social distanced from each other. Rick had a great time and shot good.  I spent the day reading and relaxing.

 For our last day we spend the day on the lake fishing. We could not have asked for a nicer day to be in a canoe on the lake. Fishing was good and fun.

We had a great time, hiking, fishing, relaxing and just being away from all the worlds troubles. We don't know when or where our next adventure will be but I am happy that we got to have at least one this summer.

Tomorrow is never promised so make the most of today....
Stay safe and healthy
Sharon