Cabin life

So once again we are totally behind in blog posts. The summer is just so jam packed with fun stuff that it leaves little time to sit still at a computer since I have so many other options that I would much rather do.

Anyway, once school ended we had our sights set on our northland vacation. As soon as we returned last year we asked the owner if we could reserve a week this summer and it was just what we all needed. A vacation to focus on each other with no distractions such as TV, computers, phones or a list of things to do around our house. The weather was much cooler than last year which didn't lend itself to swimming in the crystal clear lakes but we enjoyed them on our pick of boats, from paddle boats to canoes.

This year we ventured to Lake Tomahawk and watched our first game of snowshoe baseball. They have been doing it for 50 years and it was a blast. Kids got signatures of the players and we sat back and watched grown men play baseball wearing snowshoes and playing on a field of sawdust. Even got to devour a huge slice of cherry cheesecake pie while hanging out!


Not to be outdone, Jay was on his game all week long with plenty of good eats to be had. One morning as I was playing with the kids down by the dock he whipped up a feast and we enjoyed every last lick by the lake.



We did a TON of fishing. One of the first of Henry's casts reeled in this small mouth bass. He was in the paddle boat with me and the fiesty thing ended up flying off the hook and flipped all over our boat as we both screamed bloody murder. Not one of my proudest moments but we were all laughing once Jay and Bryn came to rescue us! My favorite is the fact that Henry would hold no closer than Jay's wrist!






Bryn was determined to cast all herself (which she does quite well) but eventually ended up with a tangle of line that got her quite frustrated. I finally convinced her to let me work on it and we eventually detangled the mess with the worm still wiggling so she could catch more blue gills.

The cabin is just off the Bearskin State biking trail so we did our best to out bike the mosquitos that were fierce that day.

Playing around under the bridge in Minocqua while waiting for the waterski show to start.

B's favorite were the girl skiiers, especially when they came out in tutu's for one stunt.

The dudes put on a great barefoot ski show. 9 guys all being pulled at same time on their bare feet.

A common scene as we tooled around the lake in our paddle boat.

Another relaxing vacation in Wisconsin's north woods! Looking forward to leaving the world behind and coming back next year!