Memorial Day Camping

Suzie, Jason, Laynie, Aimee & I went up to Crow Wing Lake campgound this weekend to do some camping. We left our place Friday morning and when we got up to camp the weather was pretty nice. I was impressed by the campground and its amenities. They had frisbee golf, heated pool with slides, large play area for kids, nature hike, wi-fi, dog bath area...etc. I didn't really care for the owners. The owner lady seemed like a bitchy old hag but we only had to deal with her two times, when we check in and when we check out. I also hated that other campers did not show much respect by walking through our sites to get to the boat docks. They are tripping on our tent guide lines, walking right next to Zoey and just not giving a shit about our privacy. The owners need to make a designated path to the docks. Avoid staying in sites T4 & T5.

Saturday was incredibly windy. Winds were gusting to 35+ mph and steady at 20+ mph straight off of the lake. It was cloudy, cold and you could not tell if it was going to rain. We decided to head 10 minutes north to Baxter to do some shopping. We hit up Fleet Farm, Gander Mountain & Reeds Outdoor Outfitters. Thankfully the winds did die down towards the ends of the night to allow us to have a campfire. Zoey did not care for the campfire because the wind would blow smoke in her face and that did not agree with her sensitive nose.

Sunday, oh Sunday what a wonderful day! Sunny!! Wind out of the northwest!!! Laynie was being a good girl!!!! You couldn't ask for much more. Jason and I took out Suck My Wake (that's my boat) to do some fishing. We probably caught 20-30 large mouth bass and a handful of northerns. Sorry for catching all the fish Nordy. Keep your chin up little camper, some day the fishing gods will visit the end of your lure. I forgot to mention that we put Zoey in the deeper water by the dock and she can swim! She enjoyed fetching snail shells from shore and digging in the sand. Later in the day we took Zoey to the dog bath station but on the way Zoey met a Rat Terrier in an aggressive way. This Rat Terrier ripped the leash out of its owners hand and went straight at Zoey putting the jaws of life on Zoey's neck. Aimee picked Zoey up and the Rat Terrier was hanging from Zoey so she prided the crazy dogs jaws off of Zoey. Luckily the crazy mutt bit Zoey's harness but she was pretty shook up. The owner of the dog apologized over and over again and felt really bad. Things happen but what pissed me off was the owner knew her dog was aggressive towards other dogs and didn't have the dogs muzzle on her. She put the muzzle on after her mutt attacked Zoey. Stupid bitch.

Sunday we woke up to rain. Son of a frick! I hate tearing down camp in rain. We packed up and put everything wet in to the boat and took off. Once we got home we had to take everything out and set it up to dry. As of a few minutes ago everything has been put away.

Yay! Happy fun time. We are sitting in the tent vestibule to get out of the wind storm.

Zoey still scared shitless after her attack and not really enjoying her bath.

Zoey & I sitting around the campfire.

The Nordys.

-MikeyB