Cousin Campin @ Yellow River State Forest

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We met Kari's cousin Liz and Jon to do some camping at Yellow River State Forest. It was our first below-freezing camping experience. The weather was chilly, but the driftless area is beautiful, and the company was fun.
  • Headin Northeast
  • Guns don't kill people, postal workers do?
  • Driving the driftless countryside
  • We arrived to a dutch oven full of homemade lasagna
  • Camp food!
  • Harlow would like some lasagna
  • Jon always brings interesting beers share
  • Divvying out some birthday almond cake
  • Birthday bubbles
  • Gettin chilly
  • Trying to pre-heat the teardrop with a little buddy heater
  • This seemed like a good place to mount the buddy heater so that we could warm up in the night, but I think it was actually pretty sketchy...
  • This should be warm enough for a bit, haha
  • This dude had a pretty sweet winter camping set up
  • Welp, it apparently got below freezing last night
  • Kari's gotta go
  • Durby would like some crispy peas
  • Cookin up some brekkie
  • Durby would like some bacon
  • Campfire toast
  • Driving through the driftless area in the fall is somethin special
  • This dog was running alongside us at 20-25mph
  • A fall drive in NE Iowa
  • Durby checks it out
  • Lookin over the edge
  • Hikin cousins
  • Harper's Ferry bluffs
  • Hangin at this Harper's Ferry lookout
  • Branches n Bluffs
  • Making sure we're still comin
  • Cousins
  • Mississippi River Valley Stuff
  • Mississippi River Selfie
  • Hiking around
  • Dutch oven nachos
  • Birthday presents from Liz
  • Stayin warm by the fire
  • Huh... ok.
  • Goin to check out some views from the little paint bluffs
  • Little Paint Lookout
  • Little Paint Lookout
  • A few vultures...
  • Hanging at the little paint overlook
  • Harlow got into some burrs. She also doesn't like her photo taken
  • Afternoon walk
  • The build quality on Timberleaf teardrops is soooo nice. It really highlights how slapped together the Vintage Trailer Works campers are
  • Cold camping means: hanging by the campfire
  • OHP!
  • Dutch oven kraut + potatoes + brats
  • Sleepy boy
  • Warming up some breakfast burritos
  • Jon and Liz's set up
  • Durby needs car ride cuddles
  • Google maps sent us on some gravel rollercoasters on the way home