Maiden Voyage at Lake Red Rock

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Kari and I did a solo camping trip fairly close to home to test out the new camper, gear and make sure we had everything we needed.
  • Loaded up and ready to go
  • Going camping in a topless Jeep... what could go wrong
  • When you tell Google Maps to avoid highways, sometimes it sends you down gravel roads
  • Topless Jeeps on gravel roads... a bit dusty
  • Crossin Lake Red Rock
  • Good boy
  • Lake Red Rock from the campground
  • Campsite chillin
  • Havin a bone
  • The post-setup beer
  • The rig
  • Ready to cook some dinner
  • Suppertime
  • Mac n cheese n chip crunchies
  • First camp meal selfie. Very important.
  • Chance of rain. Tucked in the Jeep for night
  • Sunset at camp
  • Hikin around the campground
  • Lake Red Rock
  • Kari and Benny
  • Benny and Kari
  • Dude thinks firewood is a bundle of chew toys
  • Gettin that fire going
  • Digging this setup
  • Just hangin under this camper
  • The bathrooms at this campground are ridiculously clean
  • Learning that benny likes water
  • Walkin along the Des Moines River
  • Exploring dog
  • Hangin at the spillway
  • Havin a drink
  • Kari and Benny
  • Blue Heron
  • Blue Heron
  • Playin with the big lens
  • Tryin to get that Blue Heron
  • Absorbing energy from the sun
  • Books and sun. This girl's summer life
  • Playin in the water
  • Serious off-roading
  • Chilling in the water
  • Trying to love each other
  • Stump
  • A walk along the shore
  • One more of the Jeep
  • A little more water for the good boy
  • Busting me taking pics of my Jeep
  • Heading in to Pella for some goodies
  • Bloody Mary Babe
  • Pickled fixins
  • Bloody time
  • A bloody selfie
  • Makin some dutch oven nachos
  • Added some more shade
  • Tired boy
  • Cookin
  • Checkin on the good boy
  • Camp food
  • A bit of rain
  • Kari made a ridiculously good brekkie