Quarantine: Week 25

 We had a lazy week! It was a beautiful, cool week so we got outside as much as we could. 

We got a new Slinky.

On Friday we headed up to the Gunflint Trail for our annual BWCA weekend! 

We of course stopped at Poplar Haus for Happy Hour before getting to our cabin.

We stayed at a new place this year that allowed all families to have their own cabin for Covid purposes. It ended up being almost better than our setup last year! We had all the cabins in a cul-de-sac with a firepit in the middle that we used as our outdoor living room. The kids ran wild and had an absolute blast. They played at the beach, ran around the trails, banged around the rec cabin that was next door and learned quickly they could charge candy to their cabins in the gift shop. We had basically no cell service so I didn't keep track of my phone most of the time. It was great but the downside is I didn't get many photos.

Our n'hood. Our cabin is the one on the left. We had 5 cabins total.

This is the rec cabin. It had a ping pong table and lots of room for gymnastics. 

On Saturday we went into the Boundary Waters! It was a shorter trip than last year and was an out and back with only one portage. It was super windy and there were some good sized whitecaps. We went out in 2 groups staggered by 45 minutes for social distancing, and planned to meet up along the route if possible.  In fact the other group had to turn around after the first lake because they couldn't conquer the wind! 

 

We stopped at an empty campsite for lunch and to play around and wait for the second group (who never came.)

 

This is Marlo's new friend Nutmeg. Marlo wanted to keep Nutmeg.

 

Marlo ended up falling in the lake in her clothes. Her shirts were dry enough to put back on but her pants were soaked. So this was her look most of the day.

At the turn around point, we beached our canoes and hiked to a waterfall!

Thankfully the lakes were a little calmer on the way back.

In the evening, we would sit around the fire for hours and talk and laugh and play songs. The cabins were strung with lights and it was like being in a fairy village. 

We initially decided to come home to prepare for the first day of school tomorrow. But on Thursday, the district postponed the start of school 2 days. We called to see if we could stay an extra night but they were booked up so we headed home yesterday after breakfast! We were all exhausted by the time we got home. Marlo even slept in the car which hasn't happened since she was a small baby. 

Kappy found the World's Largest Walleye, caught by Paul Bunyan!

Today Kasper had his friend Viggo over all day to play video games and sit in the hot tub as we celebrated a quiet and rainy Labor Day. Hope everyone had a great weekend!