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Kermit
08-19-2008, 06:32 AM
I went on vacation last week to the lovely Lake Pickerel (http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=45.400454~-88.901539&style=h&lvl=16&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1) in Northern Wisconsin. We stayed in a rented cabin (4 bedroom, 1 bath and a finished walk-out basement that we didn't even use) that was right on the lake. We drove 7-8 minutes a day to the public beach which is on a neighboring lake that doesn't even show up on most maps. We walked and biked up and down Lake Pickerel road and picked wild raspberries which we ate atop pancakes in the morning. We threw a tennis ball repeatedly off the dock for hours allowing my Labrador to retrieve it in what eventually became a state of canine pseudo-orgasmic exhaustion. We made campfires and had to whittle sticks down for marshmellow toasting for our smores.

No computers, limited cell phone usage (only to let relatives know how to find us when they came up to visit) only 3 stations come in on the TV and 2 of them barely so.

I read.... books, the paper kind.

We basically did nothing for a week and I loved every minute of it. We're renting the same place next year.

Shadowrat
08-19-2008, 07:06 AM
sounds like a great time! i gotta get back up nort' this summer.

Tai
08-19-2008, 07:33 AM
We just got back from our Thu - Mon camping trip. Yay for the outside. (and music too).

F7
08-19-2008, 08:12 AM
My idea of a perfect vacation Kermit.

Creole Ned
08-19-2008, 08:16 AM
My trip to Duncan in July was nice. I saw way more cows and pigs than in Vancouver.

F7
08-19-2008, 08:22 AM
Yeah, I've found that rural chicks aren't that pleasant to look at either.

Kermit
08-19-2008, 08:54 AM
In Wisconsin especially in the great white north, the eligibly aged women largely fall into two categories:
#1. Overweight, overboozed, smoking loudmouth types
#2. Very pretty girl-next-door types

I saw more than a couple of #1, but at the public beach there was a mother of two that was wearing a purple and pink bikini. I had to guard myself from staring. She was very attractive. The only problem was the belly-button jewelry.

My wife is also very attractive. Would that we were both single, I would consider her to be out of my league. She was more modestly attired at the beach than Purple-Pink-Bikini Lady but I noticed a few of the other beach-goers stealing glances.