One more thing completed!

This past weekend we took a random trip up north to Ely, MN. Friday I called Mack and told him that we had nothing to do this weekend, so after I got off work Saturday afternoon we should drive up to Ely, go camping and get Cheyanne a dog sledding harness. So that is what we did. While I was at work Saturday, Mack packed up the truck, got all the camping gear and food ready and when I got home we were off to Ely. The first time we took this trip was last winter, after Christmas. There was snow on the ground but no snow fall at least for that weekend. The trip is 4.5 hrs. long so Mack made me mack sure there wasn't going to be a blizzard that weekend. I checked the weather and it was fine. BUT, by the time Mack got home from work that day, it started snowing. The weather man said the snow will turn into a blizzard and by the time we got on the road, that's what it became. A trip in a blizzard, the 4.5 hours become 7. So this time around it was going to be a whole different experience. The sun is shining, everything is green, not to mention the 67-75* weather we had ALL weekend. Yes, Minnesota, you will be missed (in the summer) when we move to TX. Even though, I will miss the snow too. But the weekend was great, and beautiful. We camped in the tent that we put in the back on Mack's truck bed, which was so fun. Mack got great steaks and mac-n-cheese, which I cooked in the dark and they turned out better than I thought. Then, the next morning we got up at 6, yes I was the 1st one awake, I still can't believe it. Mack started a fire, we ate breakfast (great again!) Pancakes, bacon and eggs with a glass of milk, then we packed up and headed to get Cheyanne's harness. After we went into town, got hot chocolate, then went to the North American bear exhibit. It was pretty neat, but Mack really wanted to see bears fighting lol. After that, we walked around town a bit then made the long drive home, which became an extra 2 hours because of road construction, yuck. But what a fun weekend we had, and one more thing completed on our "MN Check List" before our move to TX at the end of the month.