I visited Lake Talquin for the first time at the beginning of February 2019 with my boyfriend John and my dog Koda. The trip was a last minute decision; I had recently started training at Lucky Goat Coffee and by some stroke of luck I didn't have to be there over the weekend. I had convinced myself that it might be a long time before I had a weekend off again, so I decided to take advantage of that time and plan an adventure. John and I found a place on Hipcamp - a website that is essentially the Airbnb of camping - and two days later we hit the road. Lake T[...]