This blog is about my road-camping trip with my German shepherd dogs, Leben and Erde, from 19 Sept to 13 Oct 2012, which took us 3700 miles from DC to NY (and Beech Mountain), and then onto seven different provincial and national parks circling the Great Lakes. Just before Thunder Bay, Ontario, Leben became paralyzed, so we returned by way of Minnesota and then east to DC.

Index

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1        DAY 0 - we're off...
2        Day 1 9/18
3        Day 1 9/18, 9:44
4        Day 2 ...9/19
5        DAYs 3-6 MonGaup STATE PARK, BEECH MOUNTAIN
6        DAY 6 - On our way to canada
7        Day 7, sept 23...charleston lake provincial park, ...
8        Our camp back at mongaup in ny.
9        Camp fire and two fireflies
10      Day 8, sept 25
11      Day 12, Leaving Brent Camp
12      At Brent Camp..leben in his catv (canine all terra...
13      At Brent Camp...leben and erde will be known forev...
14      Defender in garage. Headlight out.
15      Headlight saga, and now camera
16      Day 13, sept 30, Champlain PP, North Bay, Ontario ...
17      Day 13, sept 30, Champlain PP, North Bay, Ontario ...
18      Day 13, sept 30, Champlain PP, North Bay, Ontario ...
19      Day 13, sept 29, Champlain provincial park, north ...
20      Day 14, sept 30, camp 5, Champlain PP, North Bay, ...
21      Day 14, the old mattress
22      Day 14, the new mattress getting ready for inflati...
23      Day 14... Well, it looks like i ll still be relega...
24      Day 14, leben just left our (his) new bed and look...
25      Day 14, 9/30, Champlain PP, 1000 miles so far, 5 c...
26      Day 15, oct 1
27      Day 15, 10/1, champlain pp to killarney pp, miles ...
28      Day 16, oct 2, killarney prov park, ontario, camp ...
29      The camp at killarney.
30      The standoff. Brave chipmunk.
31      Day 17', wednesday, 10/03, killarney pp (#6), temp...
32      The main tent, posting 1 of 3
33      The main tent, photo 2 of 3, Ed's den
34      The main tent, photo 3 of 3, the dogs' den
35      Erde challenging Leben to join her in the water
36      Day 17, 10/03, wednesday, 10:02 pm
37      Day 18, oct 4...on road to agawa bay camp on lake ...
38      Day 18, 10/4, 4:26 pm, time for a walk
39      Day 18, thursday, 10/04, pancake bay provincial pa...
40      Day 19, 10/05, Pancake Bay, PP, Camp 7
41      The Defender
42      Day 20, 10/6, on the road to pukaskwas national pa...
43      Day 20, 10/)6, saturday, time for a break on the r...
44      Day 21, 10/07, sunday, Pukaskwa National park, nor...
45      Day 21, Sunday, October 7, camp 8, Pukaskwa Nation...
46      Day 22, oct 9, 3:05 pm, Sleeping Giant Prov Park.....
47      Heading home
48      Day 23, tuesday, oct 9, thunder bay ontario
49      Day 24, 10/10, wednesdy, KOA in Hixton, Wisconsin
50      Day 25, oct 11, thursday, hixton WI KOA
51      Day 25, thursday, 10/11/12, KOA camp in south bend...
52      Last night on the road in 2011, Cleveland KOA
53      Day 26, Friday, oct 12, Cleveland KOA, Ohio, camp ...
54      Day 27, oct 14, saturday, KOA Cleveland, 9:51 am.
55      Day 27, sat, 10/13, 4:20 pm, rest stop on I70, 120...
56      Day 27, Saturday, Oct 13, 7:30 PM., Home
57      Oct 13th, 9PM, Leben and Erde at home
58      October 14, Doing everything he did before.
59      October 22ND, LEBEN’S SITUATION 


pre-departure posts
Coming soon.