[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:

• several black bear sightings
• a fawn born right outside our cabin
• many bald eagles; I even got to see one dive to the water’s surface to grab a fish
• ospreys
• wild turkeys
• a badger
• a stoat
• of course, lots of fish especially northern pike, bluegill, rock bass, perch, and muskie
• beautiful birds such as nuthatches, flycatchers, and more

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.