Giving you a lesson in Diva camping

Every year in the fall, some of my closest girlfriends and I plan a girls trip for the weekend. We get out of town, drink wine, talk about girly things, eat fabulous (though super unhealthy) meals, shop and typically sing karaoke. The last few trips have been super fabulous - and this year was no exception!

First, a huge thank you to Amy for putting it together :) We booked a camping trip this year - 2 nights in beautiful Baraboo, WI at Devil's lake state park. With the weather being as beautiful as it has been in the recent months, we couldn't be more excited to get out in nature and rough it with the woodland animals - bears, snakes, badgers, wolves, wolverines, werewolves and vampires. Yes please! Even though I am a city girl through and through, I enjoy getting out there and away from civilization, sometimes you need to shut everything off and just be with the people who matter most.

We got to the campsite and set up shop! Chairs around the fire pit, threw the screen tent nearby, strapped the tablecloth on... and boom! Campsite was all set up! It looked great, we were ready to rough it. So we did - hopped in the truck, back down hwy 123 to the neighborhood Clarion hotel! Unfortunately, due to the freeze warnings in Baraboo - and the rain, we decided instead of catching pneumonia, we would sleep in a hotel at night and utilize the campground during daytime hours.

First night in West Baraboo, we were party animals! Headed to dinner at a place called Monk's (I highly recommend if you're in Baraboo) and then back to the hotel for some pre-game in the hotel room. After a bit, we went out to the local, what seemed to be dive, bar next door - Chasers. By the name of the bar, and the overall outside appearance it looked like we made a solid decision. With our out of town heads held high (and maybe a bit fuzzy) we entered the bar. It was QUITE the sight - the locals were downright scary looking - It was hard for me to tell the men from the women, they all had mullets and mustaches! There was a group of normal looking people that we exchanged some friendly conversation with.  It was karaoke night at Chasers, and in the normal girls weekend fashion, we opted to sing. And what better song to sing than Carly Rae Jepsom's "Call Me Maybe".  That is one song NO ONE should ever karaoke. It will make the crowd's ears bleed. But may also score you some digits.

Taking us to the next morning... We wake up feeling energized and ready to hit the trails! After a quick dip in the pool and hot tub, we bundled up for a day of hiking and campfire! Hiked the trails at Devil's lake all afternoon, stopped at Devil's door for a photo op, and went back to the campsite. Amy built a great fire, and we sat around talking about life, love, future plans and obviously ghost stories. That was my favorite! We also made smores, and a fabulous banana, mallow, peanut butter and chocolate concoction that you eat with graham crackers. Holy OHHHHHHHMG!

Well, we headed back to the hotel, and because we basically burned off 3,000 calories and put them back on after the walk, passed out watching dirty movies on HBO. Kidding ;)

All in all, this was another fabulous girls weekend, and even though we mastered the art of "Diva camping", I look forward to an actual out in nature camping excursion soon! well, probably next year. Until next time - Milinski, OUT.