It’s the largest fresh water lake in the world and Lake Superior’s shoreline is one of the most gorgeous I have seen. National Geographic’s Traveler’s Magazine rated Kailua Beach on the leeward side of Oahu one of the ten most beautiful beaches on the planet and for beauty, I would say Kailua has met its match in Superior’s Agawa Bay.
The upside to camping early in the season is that the sites (if they’re open) are almost empty and that means we get top choice as to where we hunker down for the night. Last night we practically camped on the beach and though the bugs were bothersome, the sunset was spectacular!
Sometimes we assume that you can easily imagine what our ordinary daily tasks look like but maybe that’s not quite fair. Afterall, how many of our family and friends have traveled across Canada in a minivan, we ask ourselves.
I thought I would just explain the food consumption aspect of our adventure. We have a little fridge (runs on propane and has its own battery back-up system) that holds about one day’s worth of meals plus condiments and 3 containers of drinking liquid. Fruits and veggies tend to be unhappy about the 0 degree temperatures there and often freeze so I keep them in our collapsible cooler. The two burner (propane again) cook top is where we boil or fry veggies (or just eat them raw) and Coleman came through for us with a place to grill and/or occupy a one-burner element outside as we need. That’s usually where Gord takes care of the meat. It’s pretty simple but it works and it allows us to cook our own food while keeping costs minimal.
We have a table where one end clips into the sink/cooktop unit that we set up food prep and eating. It works pretty well and I have lots of headroom as you can see (no short jokes, please!).
