Baby, I'm Back!

Home away from home...

For those of you who are of yet unacquainted with my love of the forest and the wild, here is my most favoritest place to be!

This wonderful tent sleeps 8-10 or so, and even comes with cupholders and a porch light. It also has a valet pouch for keys, etc. and a screen roof so you can view the stars at night.

We left on Friday May 30 with no children. Though they both were scheduled to go with us, Ben didn't want to go anywhere he had already been (i.e. too into video games and paint ball to waste his time with nature! - This from the child that wanted to move there and live off the land!) and Jessica's mother decided to throw a wrench in the deal by telling her daughter that she had another option - during Brian's time. During that option time, she proceeded in telling her daughter that it was only those two, that Brian had abandoned her for his family and that he doesn't love her anymore.

What an excellent time for a vacation!!! It was nice to get away from it all. Up there, we didn't have many neighbors. No partiers. Just some friendly folks like us up there to get as close to the undeveloped wilderness as possible.



Despite my desire to put the tent up while it was light out, Brian wanted to drive through the woods in the dark. Especially after a long day driving through Minneapolis traffic with near constant construction detours, the woods can look awfully sinister. Corners are often so sharp you don't see them until they are there. The light from the headlights gives the trees and the brush shades of gray hues. The craggy branches lunge out from the body of the woods.

One thing that we have discovered about the woods, and perhaps that others that live up there have taken for granted is the lack of road kill. This is due to the natural balance of the land that we no longer have here. We eliminated it years ago as we forced our populations onto the wilderness. Wonder why? The northwoods have the natural tool to clean up such messes - wolves.