Camping at Bent Trout Lake in Barnum, MN

Well its been a few weeks since we have blogged so I thought I would do one this morning. We have been having so much fun! Like I mentioned at the end of one of our blogs, August would be a busy month of lots of traveling for this mommy to be and some traveling but mostly working for Chris.

So we have gone on one of our trips this august...the first weekend in August we went camping to Bent Trout Lake in Barnum, MN with my parents and two of my dads students from Brazil. What a great way to start August! My last day of the summer program with the kids was Thursday and Friday we just had to clean up our room and do an evaluation of the summer and of course have a free lunch with the great co-teachers. So as soon as that was finished I hurried home to pack and we left when Chris got home and the car as packed. We had lovely weather for camping!! I was a little worried it would be hot but it was just great! Chris and I were excited to use our new tent(well sort of new, it was a wedding gift but we hadn't used it yet!) It was just the right size for us, but a little too small for our double queen air mattress...we still used the mattress because being preggo I didn't want to sleep on hard ground and Chris had a sore back to begin with so we crammed it in there and were very comfortable! The first night was spent talking around the fire and roasting dinner...hot dogs and hamburgers and dessert...smores. My parents and the students took a day trip to Gooseberry Falls and the Splitrock Lighthouse but Chris and I chose to stay at camp and relax in the hammocks and on the beach. We also took a walk around the campground and played Scrabble and Yahtzee. It was much needed day of just hanging out together! We ate taco salad for dinner when the travelers returned, had more smores and played more Yahtzee. Sunday we packed up and went to the lake for one more time in the canoe and tried to fish a little before leaving. My dad and the students had experienced something new with loons on Friday and Saturday so they wanted to see if the same thing happened on Sunday. I guess they would catch a fish, but the loons on the lake also wanted their fish they would catch, so they would attach themselves to the fish and the fishermen would be pulling up loons!!!! CRAZY BIRDS!!! I did not experience this...I just caught weeds...oh well! It was a wonderful weekend nonetheless...Chris and I made it home safely with two side trips on the way home...the Hinckley Casino and I just cant go past the Outlet Mall without stopping!