Unfortunately, Aaron woke up in the middle of the night to a very soggy bedroll. He, his pjs and his sleeping bag were soaked. He changed into dry pjs and tries to huddle under the dry corner of the bag, but it was an uncomfortable, and confusing, experience. Apparently Lilly had decided leaving the tent to go potty was just too daunting and had made the tent her bathroom. Yuck!
So, after the wind and cold of the last few days we had to stop after a couple of miles that chilly day and walk into Newport, MN to do laundry. There we were, dressed like bums, dirty and bedraggled, carrying two garbage bags of laundry down the highway, one of which smelled suspicious. We found the coin laundromat and hung out outside while the wash was in, trying not to look too suspicious and mostly failing. We got our things clean and repacked and hoofed it the 2 miles back to the canoe.
From there we didn't set our sights too high and went about 10 miles total to a stretch of state land. The MN dnr maps showed a primitive campsite, but we couldn't find it. We did find a sheltered little meadow on a point between the river and a lake and finally made decent camp. We had a nice little fire and made a hot meal for the first time in a few days. All in all, lovely.
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