Vacations

The reunion was finally over and it was time to pack the FJ back up and start out trip home. We had a quick cereal breakfast and began packing the car. We had to rework our system a bit to make room for

A few of our group said their goodbyes and headed home. The rest of us had a lapse in judgement and headed to the lake for a swim. The water was cold, really cold. But once you went numb it wasn't

20 lbs of potatoes... remember those? Yeah, we still didn't get rid of them so we demanded that we were cooking lunch and headed back to the cabin to began cooking. As it turns out our oven was only large

After this many days if getting up early I had to sleep in, I was in need of some make-up sleep. Sandra and her Dad picked up two of her Aunts and her Uncle Ernie (who took us hiking last year, I promise

Dinner was at Club 13 on Highway 13 in Phillips. They don't take reservations which is not very smart on their part because we showed up with about 50 people, filling up the restaurant and seriously overwhelming

When we returned to the lake they were putting up tents and setting up games like ladder golf, corn hole and kube. They were also bringing in the food... BBQ Chicken, Cowboy Beans, Potato Salad and other

We woke up and let the pups out to explore, they did their business and sniffed around until Duke suddenly caught a scent and took a 90 degree turn and ran toward a group of 3 deer that had been lying

There was a strong breeze when we lit the fire and the wind helped turn our fire into a blazing inferno in no time. We talked and warmed up by the fire until everyone slowly started to head off to bed

After dinner we walked down to the boat dock to take a look. It was fun seeing all of the old buildings and hearing about what they had been used for. It was also a great time just taking in the scenery

Our next stop was the IGA to pick up bread and lunch meat because Sloppy Joe's were what we were told to expect for lunch and Sandra doesn't eat beef, so she wanted to be able to make a ham sandwich

We needed to do some laundry and today was a good day for it. All of the reunion activities were scheduled for tomorrow and we weren't meeting everyone until lunch time. Sandra's Dad knew where the

At our Wal-Mart stop yesterday I picked up some cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Our VRBO had an oven and there wasn't much in town so I thought it would be fun. As it turned out we couldn't wait for the

We had quite an adventure so far on our trip with wrong turns, a broken windshield and a missing panel on the FJ, but Sandra's cousins were having a much rougher trip from Ohio with their 3 kids. When

Then we headed for Worcester Lake where the reunion was going to take place. The property was privately owned but back in the 30's & 40's Sam Johnson (oddly of no relation to the family) leased a beach

We finally found our cabin and met Rich who took us in and showed us around. The property was beautiful, Christmas Trees and Apple Trees lined the drive as you pulled in there

After our showers we needed to get going so we dragged the pups away from their new chipmunk entertainment and headed for Prentice, Wisconsin. The Johnson family reunion was waiting and it would be nice

We woke up 10 minutes before our alarm. The pups were in need of water because that's the first thing they found when they left the tent. They nearly finished a half gallon of water before they slowed

Before bed I walked down to the bathrooms. This campground was pretty unique because the cabins, tent sites and RV sites were mixed together so you could see the different types of campers side by side

We walked the dogs down Miner's beach away from the groups of people and let them loose to explore the beach. There was a tidal pool that Duke was fascinated by, and it was just deep enough for him to

We set up our tent and gave the pups some of the treats we had picked up in Toronto from the Big Dog Bakery then went to see the Pictured Rocks National Seashore. Our first stop was Miner's