We Interrupt these Vacation Posts for a Very Important Announcement!!!.....

Sir Cuteness has decided what he wants to be when he grows up:

A DOG!!

Yes and not just any dog.....

A Dachshund!!!

He is the funniest little guy.

At bed time the other night he told papa and I he decided what he wanted to be when he grew up

and yes, it was indeed a dog.....a Dachshund!!  

And then he started panting and barking like a dog.

Too funny!!!

And speaking of Sir Cuteness.....

He picked out his own outfit for the lake the other day.

TOO FUNNY!!

Yes he may or may not like plaid.

Hmmm.....

I love him so!!!

Yesterday, Dak came home to visit ~~ JOY ~~

and Sir Cuteness and him built a castle =)

Look how cute!!

Then when Dak went to leave,

Sir Cuteness wasn't having it.

Nope!!  NOpe!!!  NOPE!!!!!

It was so sweet.....

and sad =(

But after telling Dak bye like 5 times and then running out to the car

to tell him he loved him.....

all was well =)

I love these two so!!

Okay, so now I feel I can resume vacation posting =)

The BWCA Part 2

When you go to the BWCA you have to portage from river to river to lake to lake.

And when you portage you carry your packs and canoe,

again, My Mr. Winslow carried our canoe.

So we portaged down to the river and put in,

and floated down the river to the next portage.  

This is the beautiful river we floated down.....

Here is the start of the portage.

The portage looks flat but let me tell you it is not.

Here I am giving two thumbs up =)

Look at that hat.....loved.it.

My mom thought it was funny =)

 We portaged across and put back in on the other side of the river,

but I do not have any pics because it was raining!

It rained on us off and on all the way into the BWCA.

It was cold and the wind blew against us the whole way.

Crazy!!

But we persevered and got to the first lake and it was just beautiful,

and we decided to set base camp up right there.

There was no one else camped on this whole lake the entire time we were there.

The only people we saw were other canoers paddling to the next portage to take you to the next lake.

Yes, we had the ENTIRE lake to ourselves.

It was blissful.

Here's my Mr. Winslow.

I called him me Mountain Man the whole time we were there.

I mean seriously, 

And here I am with our packs.

Each campsite is equipped with a fire pit.

This was a beautiful trail off the backside of our tent.

Isn't it beautiful?

And it led to this.....

the Loo =)

This little fellow came every evening and ate on the same limb every day.

Isn't here sweet?

So very cute!

Here was the view from our tent.

We felt so very Blessed to be able to take a trip like this.

It was physically taxing, but completely beautiful!

Completely.

We had to bear proof our camp every night.

So that meant hanging our food pack in a tree.

How great is that?

It was so funny!

But we figured it out =)

The trees were so very beautiful.

To be cont'd..... =)

Vacation in the BWCA ~~ Part 1

Well hello there friends!!!

I miss blogging SOOOO much!!

Last week was our vacation in the BWCA:

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

So over the next several days,

I'm going to post about our vacation.

It was quite the adventure =)

This cracked me up.

In Minnesota, they have huge welcoming centers and 

this seat for littles was in the bathroom.

You can strap your little lovey in while you take care of business.

Too funny.

=)

We left at 12:15 AM on Saturday morning and drove all night and day.

I actually drove through Kansas City at 3:00 AM 

while Dick slept.

I was so proud of myself.

I also drove through the Twin Cities.

It was so fun.

I really like the Twin Cities.

They are beautiful!!

One thing I did notice:

MINNESOTANS DRIVE FAST!!!!!

REALLY, REALLY FAST!!!!!

When you get past the Twin Cities,

it is like you enter another state.

The North part of Minnesota is just beautiful country.

We arrived at Crane Lake where our outfitters were at about 6:30 PM.

The motel we stayed at was directly across from our outfitters.

It was GREAT!!

There was no one there though.

The lady left our name on our door and the key in it.

This was the little mirror in our room.

I LOVED it.

It was SO rustic, warm and inviting.

And let me just tell you,

I slept so good.

I was exhausted.

Dick on the other hand,

didn't hardly sleep at all.

He had so much going through his head.

This was sunrise over our outfitters.

At the outfitters, they decided they would strap the canoe to our car

rather than take us in the van.

That ended up being a very good call.

God had our back.

(More on that later). 

When we got to the parking lot,

this is how we were greeted.

Nice.

This is our car all strapped down =)

We went down the portage to check it out, 

before we strapped on our gear and canoe.

We thought the portages would be flat.

Ummm.... no.

They are anything but flat!!

But beautiful.

The trees and the plants in the BWCA are so vibrant and beautiful.

Then we strapped on the canoe.

Let me rephrase,

My Mr. Winslow strapped on the canoe,

+ an additional 80 lbs of backpacks

for a total of 120 lbs.

What?!!

Crazy Talk!!

I strapped on a whopping 25 lbs.

I know right?

I should take it easy =)

My man is so good to me!!

He definitely carried the brunt of the load.

So this is where we started.

This vacation was so fun, relaxing and adventurous.

I can't wait to show you more pics

and tell you of some pretty crazy adventures,

I mean really,

it is us 

and if it's us

there is going to be adventure.

It is just the way we do life =)

~~

to be cont'd =)