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    my girls first camp out bowman lake

    hey guys last weekend my girlfriend and three dogs got to go out camping. we went to bowman lake in off of the north country trail in norther mi. it was her first time camping ever! we got out late friday made camp cooked food ect. The only thing i was scared of was the temps and sleeping in our dn together, but after getting some advise i got the confidence to just bring my hammock as i was gonna bring a tent instead, with that said it was a great decission we used a down 3/4 length blanket laid it in the bottom of the hammock and used my neo air on top of that we got in our down bags and wrapped up with a comforter we both satyed toasty warm and i could not even tell she was in there we sleep shoulder to shoulder in perfect comfort. she had an awesome time thanks to the hammock and didnt complain once about being cold it got down to 31 too. she enjoyed the camp meals and it was nice having a helping hand out there as for my dogs i tied two of them up my puppy heeler and boston terrier under the hammock i leave my one year old heeler free as he would never leave my side i have a 1/4 cut blue tarp i put as a staging map under me the dogs slept there with a blanket and there sweaters on. all in all not a lot of hiking or exploring but one of my fav trips, i got her hooked now!!!

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    Congrats, sounds like a success, where's the pics

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    Sounds like a pretty cool outing!
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    congratulations, sounds like a keeper!!

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    yeah super fun i dont have pics from that trip i was just playing with the dogs and stuff but my best friend (bastowa on the fourm) of 20 plus years and i made an earlier trip this year it was much colder too but i have pics from that same area.











    bastowa pm river


    camp next to a creek off the pm river
    oh yeah on the drive home from my trip with my girl i saw what a ppeared to be a turkey vulture or something when we got close it took off it was an eagle it was so close to the car as i took off i could reach out my window and touch it. i have never seen one in the wild that close we were freaking.

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