We spent the last five days in Wisconsin at Dad and Kathie's lake house. It's a seven hour car trip from home, so we started out early Thursday morning. We tried to pack all kinds of distractions and, on Pete's brilliant suggestion, packed lunch and snacks as well. Our plan was to find a nice road-side spot to stop and eat, with the added benefit of letting little legs (child's and dog's) run and stretch. The plan worked perfectly. We stopped in Augusta, WI, asked for directions to a park or picnic area and were directed to this lovely spot. Otherwise boring sandwiches always seem to taste better when eaten in a park during a long car ride. We also enjoyed Cheetos and cans of pop. Milk for Henry, of course.
Then off ran the little guy to play on the purple airplane.
I was happy to see slides that were made of natural material, not brightly colored, and high enough and with short enough sides to still feel a little thrilling. I fear these will soon be extinct.
We arrived at the house (on the Chippewa
Flowage, near Hayward) around 2 in the afternoon. It was hot as the dickens, but cooled off after a heavy rain storm. Before the rain though, Henry was able to finally try out his Snoopy fishing pole (circa 1980) with Grandpa Bill. He did catch a fish, but I missed the photo op. Watch Dad's blog and you may see a picture of it....or maybe I can get him to email it to me.
Henry also got his feet a little wet with Grandma Kathie. Franklin (who turned 4 years old today!) was also hilariously adventurous on this trip! He waded in the water, dug in the sand and chased chipmunks with his
doggie pals Lucy and Josey all day long. He'll be getting a birthday bath pretty soon here.
Stay tuned tomorrow for pictures from the lumberjack championships!
Then off ran the little guy to play on the purple airplane.
I was happy to see slides that were made of natural material, not brightly colored, and high enough and with short enough sides to still feel a little thrilling. I fear these will soon be extinct.
We arrived at the house (on the Chippewa Flowage, near Hayward) around 2 in the afternoon. It was hot as the dickens, but cooled off after a heavy rain storm. Before the rain though, Henry was able to finally try out his Snoopy fishing pole (circa 1980) with Grandpa Bill. He did catch a fish, but I missed the photo op. Watch Dad's blog and you may see a picture of it....or maybe I can get him to email it to me.
Henry also got his feet a little wet with Grandma Kathie. Franklin (who turned 4 years old today!) was also hilariously adventurous on this trip! He waded in the water, dug in the sand and chased chipmunks with his doggie pals Lucy and Josey all day long. He'll be getting a birthday bath pretty soon here.
Stay tuned tomorrow for pictures from the lumberjack championships!
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