Gary and I went back to Pokegama Campground, which is run by the Army Corp of Engineers. We like those camp sites because they are always by water, they are well maintained and they are cheap. $39 for 3 nights. We use Gary’s Golden Pass for the Federal parks. Well worth the price.

So this year we bought a Minnesota fishing license.

Seeing as there was no action at the dock, it was

I’m not much of a fish eater anyway, unless it is the expensive stuff

We enjoyed our nice quiet drink around the campfire

Unlike our next trip to Lamb’s Resort where there was a whole brood of people

Lamb’s is on lake Superior and you can tell by the clothing that it was a little chilly. Gary refused to put on jeans but he would consent to a jacket. Now that he lives in Florida he can hardly bring himself to wear jeans anymore. Not me, I prefer to be nice and warm

The lake was as beautiful as ever

My daughter bought us ladies all matching camping shirts with a picture of our campers on them.

One day we had a silly string fight

Then we made a deal with the kids, who ever picked up the most Silly String got extra quarters for the arcade room. Aren’t we smart! I supervised to make sure we got our monies worth. See, us old people still know how to get those children to clean up.

After the quarters were all gone, we keep everyone busy with a game of Chicken Foot

We played this game with our kids on the beach when they were about this old.

We had a visitor to our camp site. First time someone of his caliber has shown up.

That is the downside about camping, it is all the creepy crawly flyie nature stuff that hangs around the camp sites, the trails and the toilets. It is always interesting what weird nature things you see along the way. As long as they don’t bite me or try to craw up my pant leg, I’m ok with them visiting.

Speaking of weird nature, take a look at this birch tree. Is it sheading it’s bark? Is it having a growth spurt and is sheading it’s bark, like a snake? Did a bear come along and shred it? Or did a human come along with a knife and drag it down the trunk? We will never know.

Later in the trip, the youngins showed their grandpa how fishing is supposed to be done

Maybe Gary could take some tips from this fellow.

We had another good trip to Lamb’s, now Gary and I will be off to our trip to Boston!

P.S. I really knew the river wasn’t the Mississippi but I was just testing all you guys. For those of you that believe everything I write as gospel, that river was the Missouri. (Or so I’ve been told)