Went Camping

We decided to go on an overnight camping trip up to the Porkies last weekend.  One reason was to see the fall colors.  The colors are always beautiful up there and we try to make it up every year.  The other reason was because we had originally been going to a wedding in southern Wisconsin on Sat. and we were going to camp overnight down there and come home on Sun.  Unfortunately, due mainly to financial issues (gas prices in a full size truck), we came to the conclusion that it just wasn't going to work out.  Elliot really was disappointed because he wanted to go camping, which we don't find time to do much, so we decided to go on Fri. night to a campground that's about 40 minutes drive away, and just stay overnight.  This way, we didn't need anyone to care for the outside dogs and other animals, and we just took the four house dogs with us.

We just hooked them on the truck with drop chains from the sled dogs.

Mine and Jeremy's too small tent.  Luckily, we don't use it often, the last time was probably 8 yrs. ago!

Jeremy starting the campfire.

Elliot enjoying the fire. It was pretty chilly Fri. night. Was probably 40 degrees or so.

Us enjoying our favorite beverages by the fire.

The kids by their tents Sat. morning. Got down to 33 degrees on Fri. night. BRRRRR!

Melted bottle from the campfire. This is after several other failed attempts.  Its not that easy to melt them rather than break them. We were happy with it.

On Sat., we went to see the colors. First we went to Summit Peak.  This is the tower.

And these are the views from the tower:

Autumn in her hoodie on Summit Peak.

Under the Summit Peak sign.

 And on the way back down from the tower:

Elliot and Boris.

Autumn and Spike.

Autumn and Spike again.

Elliot and Boris.

Elliot had to climb the tree.

Then we went to Lake of the Clouds. There was lots of people up there. You can see some in the upper left corner.

Thats about the time I ran outta room on the camera, but I guess we got plenty of pics anyhow.