A Camping We Will Go...in a Double Wide

OK - so, while most people book a vacation to someplace sexy and tropical, my boyfriend and I just booked our tickets to attend a family reunion at Leech Lake, Minnesota.

Believe it or not, the both of us have family in Minnesota...of all places.
Sooo we will be flying in on a Saturday and spending Sunday with his Grammy, Aunt, Uncle, Cousins and their significant others then renting a car and driving up to Leech Lake where we will be spending 4 days with my dads side of the family (sans my dad who bailed on the trip himself) and then driving about an hour to where my mother lives with her husband and 2 year old (also on a lake).

I have to admit I feel tricked. Of course like always, my sisters got everyone hyped up on how fun and hilarious it would be to all fly to MN and just hang by the lake and drink and lay out and make fun of our weird family whom we have managed to avoid for roughly the last ten years.

Once a trip to see my mom and my boyfriends Grammy was coordinated into our stay we decided that we would have to follow through with the trip as originally planned, with or without my siblings - or dad for that matter.

So, here we are, 22 days and counting until I get on a plane to MN to spend my much awaited summer vacation. Oh sure, we will do other long weekend getaways and day trips over the course of the summer and its not even a matter of vacation time as we have a fairly unlimited amount of time we are able to take off from work, but to kick off the summer, "A Camping We Will Go"...

The funny thing is, because my family bailed on this trip, my boyfriend and I gave up our cabin to avoid paying for the cabin for 10 all on our own. Instead, we were told we could stay with my cousin and her husband who "own a cabin" on the lake as they "spend May through October" in this "second home away from home". Come to learn this "cabin by the lake" is a double wide. COOL. Sleeping arrangements include a bedroom with two single beds or a futon. Not exactly what you have in mind when you a vacation comes to mind.

Not sure what to pack for a vacation on a lake. I was thinking some swimsuits and cover ups but after watching River Monsters for the last couple of weeks I am pretty convinced that if I step foot in this body of water I will come home without a toe or leg, if at all.

One thing is for sure, this trip will make for plenty of interesting blog postings so stay tuned!