This link is to a recording I made on my iPhone when at Honey Rock. A pair of loons was calling across Long Lake and I was glad I was able to capture their distinctive calls. You can also hear Brin and Cohen asking questions on this recording.
A few weeks ago we spent a long weekend at one of our favorite places, Honey Rock Camp in northern Wisconsin. We’ve visited there each year for many years and always have a good time. Highlights included catching several Northern Pike; seeing lots of wildlife including bald eagles, wild turkeys, muskrat, and more; and eating at The Farmer’s Wife restaurant on Friday night for an all-you-can-eat fish fry with potato pancakes. Yum!
I’m still not feeling up to par so stayed home today. Michele and the kids (except for Tristan) are going to my in-laws to help them with last minute cleanup and work to prepare their house to be put on the market tomorrow. We hope and pray that their house will sell quickly in spite of the bad economy. They need to sell their house in order to be able to retire from their jobs and move up to Honey Rock Camp in northeastern Wisconsin, where they will serve as full time, unpaid volunteers. They already have an apartment to live in up there, provided by Wheaton College, and are anxious to be able to move.
I’ve been excited by “meeting” old friends, classmates, and neighbors via Facebook recently. The opportunity to reconnect in this way is wonderful, and I hope more and more of my acquaintances will join.
After a two year hiatus we are planning to send out Christmas cards once more. I hope we can take care of gathering the addresses, writing the letter, including a family photo, and get everything mailed this weekend.
[Updated 6/5/2008: My wife clued me into the fact that the link to the videos was incorrect, so I've updated that link to allow anyone to access them.]
From Thursday through last night I and my family were on vacation in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. We had a blast. So many interesting sights and events to tell about; I’m not sure I can remember them all. But we made sure to take lots of photos and I’ve loaded them into daily albums (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5). I’ve also loaded some short video clips here.
We went to Honey Rock Camp near Eagle River, WI. We’ve been there as a family one other time, about four years ago. That was when Michele’s symptoms first began. This time around she did fine and we all had a good time. The weather cooperated and although there were tons of mosquitoes and other bugs, I came away without one bug bite. Pretty amazing.
Among the wildlife we saw were the following:
Keegan caught a 32″ northern pike; Brian caught a muskie that was bigger than that. I caught a few smaller northern pike, some panfish, and a 2-3 lb. largemouth bass using my brand new spinning rod and reel from Gander Mountain.
