On Friday morning we packed up and headed to Auntie Cat's to borrow her new and fancy/beautiful canoe! She helped us get it all strapped up on our car and we stopped after a bit to make sure it was all good. We also stopped in Chippewa Falls for lunch and ate near the river.
We got to the cabin around 4pm, and the first thing the girls wanted to do was blow up a couple of the floaties we brought and get in the lake!
Then we went on a quick paddle before dinner.
We made tacos for dinner and enjoyed some fishing off the dock and the lovely sunset.
On Saturday morning the girls were up fairly early and did some running around outside the cabin. The trees were so tall and beautiful!
After breakfast we went out for another paddle, this time for fishing! Both girls caught a number of fish, and I did my best to try and figure out how to keep us in the "correct" spot while the wind was blowing so Chris could deal with the worms, etc. I wasn't great at controlling the canoe, but the girls caught lots of fish regardless.
Then we had some more lake time, this time with the BIG floaties!
The girls are always so graceful in the water...ha!
Chris doesn't like to just sit on the dock (like I do), so he quickly got out the fishing gear again and they did some more fishing off the dock.
By late afternoon someone was TIRED. She got herself stuck on her floatie near the shore, and then proceeded to lose it saying she couldn't get herself back to the dock. It was hilarious for the rest of us (definitely not for her, though) and Callie eventually saved her.
We decided to go play mini golf in Eagle River before picking up takeout for dinner. We used LOTS of hand sanitizer in between holes, and Callie even got a hole-in-one (Chris got two of them as well, but didn't want to pose for the hole-in-one picture).
The sunset on Saturday night was just beautiful. We got to enjoy it from the front deck of the cabin after we put the girls to bed.
And then later we went out on the dock for a bit to enjoy the glow.
On Sunday morning we were a bit lazier. I took some pictures of the cabin and the girls' accommodations. They tried to sleep in the same bed/room the first night, but kept each other awake, so Maya ended up (once again...like many vacations past) sleeping on couch cushions in our closet!
We went out for a mid-morning paddle/fishing expedition and then later Callie somehow got soaked in the lake in her clothes. I also went for a run on the rural Wisconsin road near the cabin. It was pretty lovely and a nice change of scenery from my usual suburban runs.
After lunch we headed to Sugar Camp Lake beach. It was tiny, but the water was clear and there were hardly any other people there. It was so beautiful there!
Then we headed into Rhinelander to explore the town a bit. We saw the "Hodag" (pictures of it are everywhere around town) and got some ice cream. We also walked a bit down by the Wisconsin River.
Before dinner, we went back to the cabin and the girls got to try a junior paddle board and then got out their big floaties again. Later, we had to start packing things up, so Maya helped Chris deflate her floatie.
I watched the sunset from inside this time (there were loud people out having a bonfire down the road). But later we woke Callie up so that we could take her out by the lake to see the stars. She loved it!
This morning we did one more paddle/fishing adventure, but Maya was NOT having it.
Oh well. All good things have to come to an end. So that about sums up our trip. Here are a few other pics from our fun few days.
I'm very grateful for these three other humans and the fun we have with our little family. And a special shout out to Auntie Cat for the use of her beautiful canoe! Thank you so much.
If you made it this far, thanks for hanging in there! As you can see, we packed a lot of stuff into less than 4 days away. Click here for some videos of our adventures!
Have a great week. I really can't believe it is nearly the middle of July!
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