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storm rollin in...




secure the camp & get in the dang tent.







There is a photo bomber clown in every group I tell ya!!



the little guy really didn't like the lightning & thunder, it was honestly a bit much & a lot too close to the tent.



eener the camp dog found a safe place to wait out the storm..

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hey Dusty, did you know your sleeping bag is a double wide?

Better question... Did you know your sleeping bag went to the boundary waters??

Haa!!

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Don't you ever slow down?

Dave--a huge thank you for making the effort, and taking the time, to do such a great job raising the kids, and keeping them all busy in the outdoors.

You're a pretty special dude...

Beautiful pics! Looks like it was way fun!

I get that a lot...



Hey rooster, it was a good time. But if I'm going to keep doing this I'm going to invest in a couple of kevlar canoes.

I remember when my dad turned 40 and he said it was the best he's ever felt in his life as far as... fitness etc.


I think dad was full of chit man!!

Seriously, I can't do it like I used to. Well I can still do it all, but it aint as easy as it used to be that's for sure!

Thanks for the picture. Looks like a fun time.

Pics are the next best thing to being there.

Of course, in this case second place is a LONG ways behind first.

Thanx for sharing.

Great pics Dave! Looked like lots of fun.

You will have to bring the crew down here and we could go canoeing down the Crow Wing and camp out. We have done that a couple times, it is very fun.

Great pics Dave. How did you keep your sanity with 2 teenage girls along?

I see lots of smiles, I remember trips like that when I was a youngin, they will carry those memories for life.
glad to see the storm didn't give you too much trouble.
can't ask for a better birthday/fathers day weekend. good work

Dave,Welcome back and a belated but sincere HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ya.It looks like you guys had a great trip although you neglected to name the new children in the picture which leaves the viewer wondering.I always wanted to canoe the boundary waters.Beautiful place evidently.


Stan in SC

shoot they weren't any trouble at all. hardly knew they were there at times.

Hi Stan, oh the girls aren't new to us

The older girl with the fun goofy humor we call "Runs in darkness" for a mishap earlier this summer where she was actually running outside in the dark and she collided with a fence resulting in some stitches to her forehead & across her left eyebrow. This is chickenbuck camp member "Runs In Darkness"



She's super ambitious, hard working & genuinely thrilled to go on these hardcore camping trips. All of the kids were just amazing on this trip with the portages and how they just dug in & grabbed the heavy packs & took off down the trail.

This little girl is waiting for her camp name... I'm a bit hesitant as the right name isn't quite coming to me yet for this one.

If we went off our last BWCA trip from 2 years ago we would have called her "Falls In Water" because ... well she just really falls in the water a lot!!



These are my cousin's girls. Granddaughters of uncle dusty, nieces to Muffy. Their father is the dear family member & lifelong friend we all lost to a plane crash 3 years ago on the 28th of this month.

Their older brother is and has been out of school for a year now and he is busy working long hard hours with a construction crew. He would have been with us if he wasn't busy working.

They are part of our family, when we are all together it feels like just that, one big family. We enjoy every moment we have with them and we are always a little heart broke when it is time for them to go home. We see them quite often, it�s just hard to see an adventure like we had last week come to an end.

We look forward to the next trip with them and we will take advantage of every moment they care to spend with us now when they are so young and forever into the future.

Pretty cool Dave, lots of fun there!! Happy Birthday to you also ol' feller!! we'll have to celebrate!! It just amazes me all the time you put out for all these family adventures, it always seems to be no end to all the fun you guys get to have together. Its great!! When life seems so busy to me i just think to myself what would Dave do?

Dave would probably throw his back out, pull a few muscles, run low on sleep and grow more gray hairs.



These are my hobbies. lol!!

If the rain ever stops I'll get the camp all cleaned up, grass mowed & we can have a bbq out there or something.


It'll likely be blueberry season before things dry up out in the forest the way this rain has been coming.

i would like to go to camp chicken buck and ride 4wheeler

Dave, i was out in the forest last week riding four wheelers for work and it was actually pretty dry for the most part out there. i was very surprised we didn't get into a lot of mud. some puddles on the trails here and there but it was very dusty out. It was a great ride. I think I even went past Chickenbuck!

oh you would huh?

Cheers Dave,

Another great "family" adventure & many more memories that can & will be shared into the future.

You're doing "it" right & doing it "good", man.

Kudos !

Paul.

I'm with RWS!