Time With Family

The lakes in Northeast Wisconsin are so beautiful and so clean. Spent the weekend visiting my uncle and aunt at their summer cabin. Lots of good food and plenty of laughter!

Couldn't ask for better weather, cool but sunny. My nephew kicked back and enjoyed our boat ride!

Lynn (my twin), Bike man and I enjoyed the Saturday afternoon pontoon ride. We got the grand tour around the lake.....thanks uncle Jack!

My unc......he's a kid at heart! Just a great weekend with family and a much needed mini vacation.

Feeling a little stressed with my job and all the construction going on in our building. Really busy day with coordinating the plumbers work and then the local carpenter who is building new shelves for all the children's books. Came home tuckered out. No Monday trail ride tonight, but managed a 4 mile walk with a friend. Bike man was busy all day with lake monitoring, so hopefully we can make up some lost time on the bikes.

Counting the days until September arrives, yikes! Summer is almost over here in the great north.

Visitors

It was so nice finally meeting Kris and her summer interium Dave. Kris is the water action volunteer coordinator for the State of Wisconsin. She just happened to be in our neck of the woods working on her doctorate study that involves stream flows. Bike man was able to spend 1 1/2 days working with her....so fun for him! Dave, a chemistry major was so interesting to talk with last night and is currently living in Madison, WI and attending UW-Madison.

All three of them got back to the house late last night, but I was able to spend some time getting to know Kris and Dave. It was great having them stay overnight at our house. They worked on a couple streams this morning and then headed back to southern Wisconsin.

Spent the afternoon at home just hanging out and getting caught up on chores. Sometimes the simple things in life are relaxing.....

Relaxing - Day 2

Spent five hours at our local boat landing this morning helping Bike man with the "Clean Waters/Clean Boats program. We basically just talk to people who are launching their boats, about invasive plants and how to check and clean your boats for the bad vegetation. If you live on a lake, you might as well volunteer to help keep the lake clean....that's our motto!

Headed up the Hay River later this afternoon for a little swimming since it was warm today.


The Son and his girl found a nice swimming hole we could enjoy. Oh man, it felt so good......I was in heaven.

Took a late afternoon boat ride around Tainter Lake and discovered the popular hangout among the boaters. Apparently, they enjoy hanging out at the mouth of the Red Cedar River where the water is shallow, sandy and clean. Actually, it looked like boat city to me!!!!

Another day of relaxing. Hope I don't get too use to relaxing stuff.

Palm Trees Anyone?

Can you figure out where we are now? Palm trees, beaches, hot & humid weather??? Back in January and February, this is where I wanted to escape to during those large snow storms we received. So here we are in Floridian-land folks. Jacksonville, Florida to be exact.



Hey, look who beat us down there.....Becca! Lucky Becca was given a plane ticket to fly south, beating her mom and dad's arrival by one day.

Sara & Travis

Family is so important. I feel really fortunate to be able to drive down and attend my nieces wedding. Surprisenly, we just went through this last year in May when Sara's sister Laura got married in Jax, and now it's Sara's turn. I honestly love being here in person to witness both marriages of my favorite nieces. I also have to confess that spending time with my big sister is priceless. Her home is beautiful and she graciously showers us with love, food and lots of good wine. Hummm, the hot tube isn't too shabby either. Depsite the long drive down, this is truly a vacation for Bike man, Becca and me.

Miss you Son and Trisha....wish you could have come too, but Trisha has some major graduating activities on Saturday. Congratulations Trisha on all your hard work. Thanks for staying at the house and taking care of the feline kids!

Tonight is rehearsal dinner and tomorrow is the big wedding day. It's in the mid 90's today but should cool down slightly tomorrow.