Summertime means camping, fishing, and unplugging from technology. We made a list of items and wrote them down on a blue college essay test booklet. These items would make roughing it more comfortable. When I was younger, all I needed was a Rambo knife. Everybody wanted to camp like a reluctant hero that was on the lam. The survival knife had a compass on the butt of the knife that unscrewed revealing the fishing line with hook and some waterproof matches. Our list was complete, we loaded the bed of the truck like that hollow handled Rambo knife. The Wisconsin northwoods was our destination.
The campground was great. Only a handful of other campers were seen during our visit. No water, no electricity, and a couple of miles of gravel road ensured a quiet time.
The only sounds at night under the tall red pines were the calls of loons, a crackling fire, and whippoorwills.
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| Starrett Lake, Wisconsin |
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| Starrett Lake Campground. |
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| Megan and I out in the canoe. |
Starrett Lake, located within the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest is a small lake and is perfect for canoeing.
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| This Smallmouth Bass fell for a buzzbait. Catch and release. |
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| Another Smallmouth. |
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| Megan, my daughter, working a Zara Spook. |
Everything unpacked and set up to find the tragedy of not having any sugar for my coffee! How could it have been missed from being packed. I bet Rambo wished he had a sugar cube in his knife to wash down the worms he ate for breakfast. Our front-country car campground breakfast included fried potatoes with onions, bacon,eggs, and strong black coffee.
The time we spent and the things we experienced was well worth every ounce of effort put forth on our expedition and memories that will last a lifetime.
