Sing a SOng of Crazy!

Thursday morning Jon booked a last minute campsite at Split Rock State Park - a BPK (Backpack/kayak in - #3 in fact). Friday afternoon the family, including Eko, packed up and headed north. About 9 pm we arrived at the park to check in... on the brink of sundown... and we still had to backpack to the site! Thankfully there was a little pull off area that we could unload and bike our stuff down to the site. This is leaving the site, but it should give you an idea of what we looked like.

It was definitely an experience, but we had a great time. There was, however, the 30 min. after we got everything to the site that was a little dicey. The 30 min went a little bit like this - We got to the site and Jon set up the tent, then he had to ride his bike back to the car, drive the car into the park parking lot then ride his bike the 1.5-2 miles back to the campsite... in the dark! Like I said, an experience. Here is our view of Lake Superior from the campsite and Eko enjoying himself after playing in the lake (he thought the waves were playing with him).

Saturday morning we biked back to the parking lot where Jon parked the evening before- Jon hauled the Burley and I biked with Eko running beside me. He actually did really well. He's not a long distance runner, but he kept a good pace. He immediately got in the car to lay down!

Since Eko had enough time to recuperate in the car, we made our way to Grand Marais and a little beyond to hike up to the Devil's Kettle. It was labeled as a moderate hike, but didn't end up being that bad. Brianna even did really well in her first time in the backpack.

to be continued...