July 14-17, 2011

Mary and I went up about mid-day on our 38th anniversary. Hojem's arrived about mid-day on Friday. On Saturday we rode the bike trail from Sayner to St. Germaine, a terrific trail with gorgeous views and fairly easy roller-coaster hills. We later toured a car show in St. Germaine and walked through the Artarama in Eagle River. Later Saturday Mary and I got a lot of the excess stuff out of the entry porch so we can get to work finishing that room. We made great progress before leaving for home Sunday.

Brice and Family

Mary and I went up Friday morning July 8th, and Brice, Jeanne, Aidan and Reese came up that afternoon for a fun weekend. We repaired the swing on Walton's Mountain, Reese and Aidan rode the tractor around, Reese and I went sailing, we had a great campfire on the beach, went to the Northwoods Children's Museum, and both kids went kayaking where we went to see the beaver dam being reconstructed. Spent a little time at Kartway in Eagle River where we had a crash-crazy kart ride, someone got soaked in the bumper boats, and the kids enjoyed 18 holes of mini golf. Clooney and Buster came as well, and both dogs enjoyed the out-of-doors and all the new experiences and smells. Fortunately, none of them ran into porcupines or skunks. We all headed for home late morning or early afternoon on Sunday, July 10th.

July 4th 2011 Visit

Mary and I went to the cabin on Thursday, June 30th for the 4th of July holiday weekend. We biked with Hojems about 10 miles on the Three Eagle Trail, and then we did another 10 on the Land O' Lakes trail on July 4th. Weather was great; I went sailing 5 times, and we transplanted 11 trees, 10 red pines and one white spruce.

Father's Day Weekend

I rode up Friday morning with Hojem's. Dano and Mary came up Friday night after Dano got in Madison from work. I got to the cabin about 12:45 p.m. and spent two hours mowing. Then moved three trailers of rocks for the rock wall I am building around the new circle driveway. We took a 14-mile bike ride on the paved trails out of Sayner on Saturday. Great day for a ride. Went to eat at Holiday Lodge Saturday night, and headed for home by about 11 a.m. Sunday. Before we left Sunday, Dano gave me her Father's Day present which was glassware that she had produced (through her work) that have an image of the cabin and me skiing on the other side. We headed for home by about 11:00 a.m. Sunday. Linds was not able to join us because she had a wedding in Minneapolis to attend.

First Post to this Blog

This is my first post ever to a blog. My intent is to chronicle the progress and development of our up north retreat at 2574 Black Bear Lane in Phelps, Wisconsin. More to come!