Ahhhhh ..... Home again.
06/07/06 6:50 am.
57º F, Wet clouds, NW wind 11 mph.
Good morning,
So .... we are home again. We arrived at FISKLAND at about 6:15 P.M. last night after a three day journey of 641.1 miles. We had a great time and great weather. The only rain we had was yesterday and most of that was driving through a cloud - more or less. The van behaved itself and so did we - more or less. We had some great times with some of our family and we certainly ate too much good food.
We traveled as straight a route as we could to get to Chetek and a crooked road back. The road west was fast and the return scenic. For us, the trip some where is not the destination only, it is the trip there and return is also important. We followed Wisconsin highway #64 for most of the return trip, through the countryside many folks don’t normally see.
Our first stop, after checking into the motel, was to visit with my cousin Kaye Monday morning on the shores of Mud Lake. I still love the place and the small house there. Uncle Louie built (my Dad also was in on the building occasionally too) the original many decades ago. He had perfect wisdom for the location. The original log cabin has over the years been replace with more normal, for today, construction. The replacement was done slowly over year, adding a basement and a small upper level along the way. The cottage would not be built in the same spot today with the building codes as they are today. It has not lost the original feeling when you are there. For me it is a perfect location and house for living in.
Kaye really looked and sounded well and we had a chance to "chew the fat" more than I think we ever had in the past. We spent most of the morning with her, before heading to Chetek for a sandwich at Bob’s Café. After an excellent sandwich and cup of soup, we walked the main street of Chetek to check out some fo the store windows. Kaye insisted we had to stop at the bakery, which neither Margriet or I objected too. Walking in you knew you could not leave without purchasing something - it just smelled like it! We ate some excellent fresh bakery on our ride home yesterday. Much good!
We left Kaye early in the afternoon and headed back to Rice Lake to see if we could catch up with Bill and Mary. They had not gotten into town yet, so we went back to the motel for a fiver. Much needed and appreciated. Afterwards we stopped at the local grocery story to pick up something to bring for the supper Kaye had asked us to come for that evening. Then we went over to the motel Bill and Mary were supposed to be at - the finally were. We corralled them and took them with us to Kaye’s for supper. Had a chance to "chew the fat" with them on the way, both directions, and also at Kaye’s. We had a chance to swap our current lies and had a good time.
Yesterday morning we met them at the Norske Nook for breakfast, before we both headed our own ways. Again, we ate too much but had a really good time "chewing the fat" some more. Bill and Mary headed back to Waukesha with a stop or two along the way and we headed east again. Probably will not see them until their next trip north next year.
We had hoped to get back to Kewaunee before the post office closed, but that was not to be. We got hung up for a very long time waiting for a train to cross the highway in Cornell. We also stopped for a potty break in a Merrill city park, ending up taking some pictures and I took a fiver. When we got to Shawano, we had to stop at the Amish country store to pick up a couple of things we really needed. I think Margriet bought about half of their spice inventory. Not really, but she did have her arms full of them. I did find a jar of gooseberry jam to take home. We also stopped in Green Bay for our normal supply run and gas (the same price as we left). Seeing we would be later than planned, we stopped at Grandma’s Café for a shrimp and potato pancake supper before finally arriving at FISKLAND.
Everything here was as we left it, with the addition of more rain. We were greeted joyfully by clouds of very hungry mosquitoes. It is nice to be welcomed home! Might have appreciated a different method though.
Today is a day to clean up and put away our kit, clean out the van, and get some back to normal again. It was a very nice couple of days away. Relived many good memories with the folks that lived them with us.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
57º F, Wet clouds, NW wind 11 mph.
Good morning,
So .... we are home again. We arrived at FISKLAND at about 6:15 P.M. last night after a three day journey of 641.1 miles. We had a great time and great weather. The only rain we had was yesterday and most of that was driving through a cloud - more or less. The van behaved itself and so did we - more or less. We had some great times with some of our family and we certainly ate too much good food.
We traveled as straight a route as we could to get to Chetek and a crooked road back. The road west was fast and the return scenic. For us, the trip some where is not the destination only, it is the trip there and return is also important. We followed Wisconsin highway #64 for most of the return trip, through the countryside many folks don’t normally see.
Our first stop, after checking into the motel, was to visit with my cousin Kaye Monday morning on the shores of Mud Lake. I still love the place and the small house there. Uncle Louie built (my Dad also was in on the building occasionally too) the original many decades ago. He had perfect wisdom for the location. The original log cabin has over the years been replace with more normal, for today, construction. The replacement was done slowly over year, adding a basement and a small upper level along the way. The cottage would not be built in the same spot today with the building codes as they are today. It has not lost the original feeling when you are there. For me it is a perfect location and house for living in.
Kaye really looked and sounded well and we had a chance to "chew the fat" more than I think we ever had in the past. We spent most of the morning with her, before heading to Chetek for a sandwich at Bob’s Café. After an excellent sandwich and cup of soup, we walked the main street of Chetek to check out some fo the store windows. Kaye insisted we had to stop at the bakery, which neither Margriet or I objected too. Walking in you knew you could not leave without purchasing something - it just smelled like it! We ate some excellent fresh bakery on our ride home yesterday. Much good!
We left Kaye early in the afternoon and headed back to Rice Lake to see if we could catch up with Bill and Mary. They had not gotten into town yet, so we went back to the motel for a fiver. Much needed and appreciated. Afterwards we stopped at the local grocery story to pick up something to bring for the supper Kaye had asked us to come for that evening. Then we went over to the motel Bill and Mary were supposed to be at - the finally were. We corralled them and took them with us to Kaye’s for supper. Had a chance to "chew the fat" with them on the way, both directions, and also at Kaye’s. We had a chance to swap our current lies and had a good time.
Yesterday morning we met them at the Norske Nook for breakfast, before we both headed our own ways. Again, we ate too much but had a really good time "chewing the fat" some more. Bill and Mary headed back to Waukesha with a stop or two along the way and we headed east again. Probably will not see them until their next trip north next year.
We had hoped to get back to Kewaunee before the post office closed, but that was not to be. We got hung up for a very long time waiting for a train to cross the highway in Cornell. We also stopped for a potty break in a Merrill city park, ending up taking some pictures and I took a fiver. When we got to Shawano, we had to stop at the Amish country store to pick up a couple of things we really needed. I think Margriet bought about half of their spice inventory. Not really, but she did have her arms full of them. I did find a jar of gooseberry jam to take home. We also stopped in Green Bay for our normal supply run and gas (the same price as we left). Seeing we would be later than planned, we stopped at Grandma’s Café for a shrimp and potato pancake supper before finally arriving at FISKLAND.
Everything here was as we left it, with the addition of more rain. We were greeted joyfully by clouds of very hungry mosquitoes. It is nice to be welcomed home! Might have appreciated a different method though.
Today is a day to clean up and put away our kit, clean out the van, and get some back to normal again. It was a very nice couple of days away. Relived many good memories with the folks that lived them with us.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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