Another Great Weekend

Another great weekend at the cottage! Friday was a bit on and off with the weather and sun but the day ended well and we all went to the Oasis on Friday Night for our Traditional fish/pizza/beer night. This week we had 4 guests from Germany who are Tammy Jalvings relatives so we had a big group. Their english was much better than any of our German abilities! Luckily the bar is always most accomodating to our gang and afterwards we did campfire and star gazing at Jalvings beach. Saturday it rained most of the day so I slept really late and Scott caught up on the local news with Mackinaw and then worked on small projects around the cottage and Shed. About 4 pm it cleared up and we took a pontoon ride with Swifts and Monica and Londi's boats and then did a German cook out at the pavilion with us all. ( complete with sourkraut /brats/ and cheesecake??) Pam Swift's son Shane and girlfiend Jennifer were up with her year old son Cameron. What a cute little guy he is... He would have a ball with Logan Brink!

Looking forward to the last summmer holiday for 2008.

Disco /Dog Fever

Who would have thought that my 70 year old neighbor guy/doggie day care dude would be such a resource for my love for disco! Almost every day he takes my love Cameo out for the day, playing in the yard, doggie pool, yard work, etc.. until late afternoon. We have dubbed him Grandpa Bill. Cameo absoulutely loves him and his wife Carol Any way he was playing this great Barry White CD last week in his garage that is cleaner than my house ever will be, and I asked him " what else ya got...." Much to my suprise he had a 4 disk CD set of the Best of Disco. I was so excited I almost tried to do a cartwheels( not a good idea with a bad back and hip so I thought twice) My friend Louise will be thrilled to hear Gloria Ganers " I will survive" on a cd as that is her signature Karoeke song at the "Vouz" up north. Anyway hears a photo of my source Grandpa Bill in our driveway playing with our dog......

The Search is on.....

Another geat weekend up north, we decided the air is just cleaner and has more excellorant so something??? as once again Monday came to early. We enjoyed the weekend with our dear friends Chad and Ann who are potentialy looking for an investment property somewhere north. We did an all day lake tour /visiting /exploring day which was somewhat successful but not completely. We saw some interesting construction to say the least.

It cracks me up that they are looking "up north" as when we first met Chad I'm not sure he had been down more than a couple dirt roads and the whole "nature " thing was kind foreign. After taking his motor home two tracking a few years back, he started to get the up north bug and now it has grown into a complete swarm of delite! (Even though we forgot to put the steps up on the motor home and "clipped them off on a tree) ( sh*t happens)

Saturday night we convinced him that a late night stroll with a cocktail to the lake to watch for shooting stars would be fun but even he admited it all ended good with a stop at Swifts bonfire and then some shooting stars on the way back down the hill to the cottage. It will be very exciting when the find a place, but I will miss them staying at ours with us..... Next weekend BIG kayak trip on the Pine, and hopefully another float fest... Photos to follow

Ladies of the Lake

The Walhalla girls, but missing Marge and Louise, Next time we all have to be there!

Float Fest

Another wonderful weekend at Walhalla, The lake is about 80 and so we decided to do Float Fest, 2 pontoon boats, 1 speedboat, 1 sea doo, 4 rafts, 10 water noodles, food and some adult beverages later, we headed to the sand bar on the lake and parked it for the day. With the help of the black cherries brought by Monica we had a cherry spitting contest and Londi win the prize! A big thanks to Jordon for all the running around he did all day and Jenna playing photographer!

Two Track Golfing

Scott, Spencer and I took a much needed weekend of Vacation starting Friday and headed north to the Cottage. We decided to road trip up to Chestnut Hills golf course Friday after lunch at the Heide Hoff in Freesoil. We arrived at the course after an hour or more drive to see a club house that look more like a abandon home with a snack bar. There were golf carts in all sorts of status everywhere, no wheel, no engine, no back end, but we decided to give it a whirl as the weather was perfect! We played learning golf to help Spencer and I get a better feel for the game. All I need in my bag is a 1 iron, 3 iron, 9 iron and putter. The rest is just for show. I am still using tees that Andrea gave away at her wedding!( Guess maybe I should play a little more often huh? It was a great day, even through on hole # 8 we kept hearing this unbeliveable buzz and realized there was a bee hive farm around the corner. Yikes as we did not have an Eppi pen with us and Scott is allergic to bees. The Cart path at this course was so washed out that it was almost like going two tracking all day! We ended the day with pizza and beer at our weekend Friday hangout the Oasis with some Walhalla freinds. Saturday we attended a wedding on the beach at Big Star and then some tubing with Spencer and his friends on Long Lake. The lake is really warm this time of year and it was big fun. I think all the kids were sore on Sunday but the fun continued through Sunday.

Walhalla Fourth of July

The weekend of the fourth we had a "crew" at the cottage, Ang & Kevin and the boys, Kate and Gary , Abbey & Rob and Spencer. Luckily we had enough room for everyone to camp and the weather was wonderful. Chase and Logan were so much fun and they did great with Cameo and Mackinaw. Laurie and Ned Karsten who stayed at Big Star , (due to lack of any additional lodging at my cottage) were in and out all weekend. The whole weekend was great and I hope to have everyone back soon!
I ate too much, drank to much and slept to little. I need a nap.

By sunday night I was not ready to come home :-(. I never am. My second home is my first choice!