According to my Fitbit, I walked over 30,000 steps on Saturday and let me tell you… I felt it on Sunday. While every inch of my body might have been tired, it was a good tired. Camping is always a good kind of tired. You’re drunk on fresh air and nature, the sun has fueled you the entire day, and technology is far enough away that you don’t feel the constant pull of its various forms.
I really do enjoy our camping trips. 
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“I also think it’s pointless for a human to paint scenes of nature when they can go outside and stand in it.” – Ron Swanson
Pictures of nature are nice, but I kind of agree with Ron. Go outside. Seriously. It will do you a world of good. Adam and I spend the weekend at Rock Cut State Park in Rockford, IL and it was just delightful! 
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I’m a world-traveler this week! Ok, not really since I’m primarily staying in the Midwest, but I’m still getting out and about this week.
This weekend Adam and I went camping in Indiana at the Duneswood Campground and it was awesome! I liked our first camping trip but the weather this time around was amazing. Pleasantly warm during the day and nice and cool at night.
We got there Friday afternoon and promptly set up camp and bought enough food to feed a small army for a week. What can I say? I don’t want to run out of food! I didn’t take into account the time of year when I started cooking because by 6:15 it was dark and I was prepping food by lantern.
Food NOT made in the dark
Oh well, it was still delicious.
Saturday we went hiking and while this trail was not as difficult as the Palisades, most of the trail was also a horse trail and it was covered in sand. Hiking in sand is a little tiring after about oh…. five minutes. But we did see some fun things on our hike.
Like this sea bug (which I think is a crawfish?): 
This adorable frog who held still long enough for me to get his picture: 
Neon orange fungus that I’m SURE isn’t poisonous: 
We also stopped at the beach really quick but were pretty tired after hiking almost 10 miles. We came back to camp and I proceeded to make a delicious dinner (I’ll share a recipe soon) while it was still light out and we enjoyed the peace and quiet of the great outdoors.
Exhausted but we made it to the beach!
This week I’m headed out to Rolla, Missouri to spend some time with my roomies/besties. I’m super excited because we haven’t all been in the same place since my wedding almost four years ago. Good times are sure to follow.
I won’t be posting any new recipes this week, but I promise there will be some new ones coming your way soon. I hope you have a great week! 
My weekend was spent in the great outdoors and I thought I would do a little recap of the good, the bad, and the fun we had on our weekend away!
Our humble abode for the weekend. This little guy made it pretty well through a thunderstorm on our last morning!
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