I Wonder as I Wander…

In 2001, we did a huge backpacking trip. We were so proud of our accomplishments that we rewarded ourselves by getting backpacks and a tent—which we had never used. Every summer, we say that we’re going backpacking and then suddenly the summer is over and we haven’t gone. So we took a few days off in June to backpack. We got our gear all ready and made up packets of dehydrated food. We went over to Kara and Paul’s and headed out—however, the forecast was for heavy rain every evening—so we wimped out and just did some day hikes on Thursday, went to Duluth on Friday, and did a hike on Saturday. We did eat a fair amount of our food and even cooked the spaghetti and chili for a couple meals.

So a few weeks later, we were determined to use our packs and tent. This time Kara drove us over and dropped us off along the trail and we left our car at another parking area. We left Friday around noon and hiked until noon on Sunday—we covered 24 miles in that time. It was nice hiking—not too hot and it only rained one evening. There was one camp site that had quite a few bugs, but we made a fire and it seemed to keep them away pretty good.

We got back to Kara and Paul’s and had a chance to play a few games of cards—I think we have Paul addicted to Pinochle. Neither Bob nor I felt too achy after our hike. We’ll have to make sure we get in a good backpacking trip every summer!!