Charlton Lake, Oregon
I couldn't have asked for a nicer weekend! We loaded up the car around noon on Friday and borrowed a friend's canoe for a weekend camping trip at Charlton Lake (near Waldo for Oregonians). When we arrived on Friday we were the only people there so we decided to camp near the lake rather than canoe our gear across the lake. We thought some friends would join but we weren't 100% sure if and when they would come, they have young kids so it's always a maybe when it comes to trips like this.
It was cold at the lake on Friday evening, it was in the 50s and the temp was dropping with the sun so Bill gathered wood and made us a cozy fire while I cooked up pasta. We managed to stay awake until 9:30pm in case friends showed up, but the darkness got the best of us and Marshall and I tried to snuggle into my sleeping bag for a snooze. We woke up with the sun Saturday morning and Bill made us another fire. I sat near the fire and read a book and did some yoga next to the fire when along comes Milo, Marshall's best bud and Sequoia, the king of the dogs. I guess our friend's have arrived!
We spent the morning chatting and everyone got set up and we took turns canoing on the lake. I couldn't stand just looking at the beautiful clear blue water so I put on my wetsuit and jumped in the lake for my first open water swim of the season! Better late than never! It was COLD but I managed to swim across the lake and back, Marshall met me about half way and settled on my feet for a draft. Bill did the swim without a wetsuit BRRRRR! so we decided to warm up from the swim with a mountain bike ride around the lake. Stacey geared up with us and off we went, only we got lost right away and took directions from a dude on a cross bike out on some retched trails (he had no body fat and huge calves so why we took directions from him for a "killer ride with awesome descents" is beyond me). We were out riding for over 3 hours and by the time we got back I was DONE!
I basically went to bed after we ate dinner but I heard the guys went on a late night canoe ride to look at the stars. We had great clear weather all day Saturday so we completely lucked out. Sunday morning I went for a hike with the dogs for some alone time and then spent most of the morning throwing rocks in the water for Jesse dog to fetch while the guys played disc golf in the woods. Of course they had to try their hand at some water obstacles and sank a few discs in the lake which Bill was elected to retrieve. Brrr!
It was a perfect weekend, now we're showered and home and ready for some couch cuddling. Relaxation achieved!
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