In July we packed up the car and topper, yes we filled a topper, and headed to the great north woods of Wisconsin to a cabin. It was our first family vacation and for the most part it went pretty well.
We rented a cabin near Siren, WI, that was actually a really nice place. The only thing it was missing was ac. During a normal summer in that part of the country an ac is not needed. However, the summer of 2011 was not normal. It was hot and humid. At one point the dew point in the Twin Cities was hiring that the dew point in the Amazon. Back to our Cabin. It was humid and hot. In fact it was so humid in the cabin that everything had a damp feeling to it. It made it hard to sleep. During the day we were outside most of the time so we did not have to deal with the humidity during the day light hours. Each room had about three fans blowing.
We had a lot of fun running around outside, fishing, playing in the water, and we even took Fred on his first boat ride (paddle boat). He did fine, but I would not recommend taking a two year old out on a boat for more than 15-20 minutes. They get a bit squirmy and there is really no place to go. Fishing, lots of sunnies, one bass, and a perch (nice work Hazel). We just fished off the dock and the sunnies ate up our worms.
One day we and the Eidens (they joined us for two nights) decided to head into Siren to have a picnic and swim at their public beach. When we left the cabin it was sunny and about 80. A perfect day for a day at the beach. When we arrived at the beach we looked to the northwest and saw a very large black wall of clouds heading our way. We thought it would pass to the north of us. It did not. We decided to wait it out in the picnic shelter and let me tell it sure did come down hard and the wind was something else. The picnic shelter did not keep us dry. We could barely see fifty yards in front of us. At one point lightning struck the lake and there was the loudest clap of thunder we have ever heard. It was an experience!
Here are some pictures from the trip.
