BWCA: My First Real Camping Trip

Okay so after a year I'm finally updating my blog. Not that I didn't travel much, I just didn't had the time (another excuse for procrastination) to update it. Hahah anyway let's not talk about my bad habit and get straight to my adventures!

As the title of this post suggests, I finally got a taste of a real camping adventure, not just one of those 'car-camping' or 'cabin-camping' where you have most of the civilization accessible to you. Thus to make sure we all still get to eat proper food while having a rather comfortable time there, we had to carry tonnes (literally) of items in our backpacks. And it was sooooo huge for me. Not even the mosquitoes and potty (you will know what this means later) scares me more than the huge packs!

My pack (ready to burst anytime) - in comparison to my 1litre Nalgene bottle and sandals.

Entry point at Mudro Lake off the Echo Trail 

 Spotted a loon, the Minnesota state bird

The canoeing part was great and relaxing. Crossing through portages with the packs was kind of tough though, especially when it was kind of hilly. Makes me wonder how I could feel nauseated from climbing the Broga Hill (Malaysia) without any packs and yet manage to do this today. Really thank God for the strength I've gained throughout the years. :O

After we've finally settled down at our campsites and have a look at our potty site, let me show you what it means by 'potty'. I have no idea what you call it but I'm just going to refer to it as 'potty' aka un-flushable toilet bowl. In other words, uhm...you got to see other people's cake in there. It's not that disgusting as it might sound, probably because I'm used to using those potties during tournaments.

The thing that looks like a chopped tree is the potty. Photo credits: Wil

Another not-so-luxurious part of the trip:

Me joyously trying to kill 1million mosquitoes in our tent

Nope, those aren't stars. Those are mosquitoes!

The itches continued to haunt me even 1 week after the trip. But of course, the fun part has to outweigh the uncomfortable times. Lol.

Tipped the canoe on purpose for you know...fun

Fellowship-ing

There were 18 of us and we were only allowed to have 9 people per site. So there's 2 sites. We managed to get sites which were opposite each other though! So whenever we get together, it's just so much fun.
But the best part has yet to come...

FOODDDDDDDD

SUNSETS

And my new found leisure activity (wouldn't call it a hobby yet)...

FISHING

Pictures of humans posing with fishes (Northern pikes and Wall-eyes).

To sum up this wonderful 5 nights camping trip, the best part is the fishing experience and worst....haha you guessed it. The heavy packs. Would I go again? Of course! (And I will bring Asian spices for the fishes next time!) It's totally worth putting my assignments and midterms aside for this (please don't tell my parents). XD

One thing that everyone hopes when they go for outdoor activities is good weather and we're so grateful that the Lord granted our prayers with that.  And nobody had any major injuries. It was such a fruitful trip. =)