Ellie and I headed up into the hills with the intention of camping out and getting our family Christmas Tree. We found the Table Rock campground closed for the season, so headed up the Long Hollow road to an area I'd been eyeing throughout the year as I made circuits of the area on my gravel bike.
We ended up setting up camp by headlight and headlamp, but had a great meal before tackling some Tangram challenges.
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| Dutch Oven Nachos! |
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| The "Award" Tangram; we got better or they got easier as the night went on. |
It snowed all night but we were plenty warm in our Hilleberg and awoke to a winter wonderland. We enjoyed eggs and sausage for breakfast.
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| Hilleberg 1, Kitchen Tent 0 |
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| Watching Steam Rise from Breakfast Cleanup |
Once camp was packed up we walked ten yards to find the perfect tree, and made it home without ever spinning a tire.
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| Leave No Trace (except footprints) |
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| Lumberjill Ellie |
