Crosby Manitou

Spent the weekend camping at Crosby Manitou State Park up on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Sometimes, you don't know how badly you need to escape until you get back.

On Friday, Garbe, James, Autumn, and I drove up to the North Shore and hiked for 2 miles in darkness to our campsite. Autumn and James set up the tent while I watched Garbe build an insane fire in a few short minutes.

Just as stopped sweating from the humid trek in, we realized we might see a great meteor shower as Perseid's shower starts soon. Another 30 minutes or so, and it suddenly started to rain. After off and on showers for a bit, we retired to the circus tent James and Autumn brought.

It rained off an on all night, but the morning was bright and excellent. Garbe cooked a great breakfast on the fire and we lazed around for a bit before hiking to the nearby lake. After an afternoon there, James and Autumn had to leave and John and I hiked back on a different route - the Humpback trail. This was my favorite trail thus far, it had some good vistas as we moved along the top of a couple of ridges. It also had some cool rock along it.

We went back to camp, built a huge fire, and chilled. That night, the temps dropped a bit more and the tent was positively chilly. Perfect for my bag. Another morning, another great breakfast from Garbe and we pulled out; lunch at Betty's Pies and back home in the evening.

I needed a break. I got a break. Liked the park a lot. Gonna have to go back and snag campsite #4 or 13. 4 looked good and James and Autumn were raving about 13 from last weekend when they checked it out.