One full car, two tired kids, two old ladies, and we’re off! Today marks the beginning of our trip to bring Teddy’s stuff to his new school in Indiana!
Char is WAY more excited than he should be
It didn’t last long…
Our beautiful view all through Wisconsin… and then Illinois… and then Indiana… It turns out that the great American countryside is made up mostly of corn.
This is what I’m-so-hungry-I’ll-eat-anything looks like
August 8, 2014: 284 days until I never return to school again…
Since many of Annie’s friends come from Macalester College, there was a high population of international students and non-Midwest people on the trip. Thus, Annie, Tayler, Catie, and I (we all went to high school together), became Minnesota ambassadors to the outside world. How does one have a true Minnesota weekend? This is how:
Food: This morning, I’m making waffles–or in this case: pancakes! Annie divided all the meals on the camping trip into teams and I somehow ended up on breakfast…
Bonfire with s’mores (obviously)
Jean/flannel shirts
Beer (once again, obvious)–also bringing a cooler of beer on the river
Country music and cowboy hats
Reliving childhood with Jenga, cards, and True American
Not pictured, and perhaps most important:
-tubing down the river (a new concept for the all Mac kids)
-boating, whether on a speed boat or a pontoon
-drunken Gopher/Badger/Fuck Iowa chants along said river
-swimming in the river at the end of the night
July 12, 2014: 311 days to perfect my True Minnesotan, don’t ‘cha know
Annie’s birthday weekend, in the form of a weekend camping trip on the Apple River in WI, began with the construction of our glorious tent village. 12 people, 5 tents, 1 giant grill, 1 full kitchen set, and 1 mosquito-tent later:
An awesome camping meal: put beef, cut veggies, and potatoes in tin foil (DOUBLE WRAPPED) and let the bundles cook in the coals for about 20 minutes. Delicious.
July 11, 2014: 312 more ways to be a real Minnesotan
365 Images: A Year in the Life 