Lakeside fun in the Northwoods, 2010

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Wisconsin when the ice is off it

Lakeside fun in the Northwoods

The lake in Wisconsin, summer 2010

You may not find this terribly rewarding unless you're included here, so this is a good time for casual and random browsers to turn back before they get too caught up in the sweep and majesty of the proceedings and can't let go.

We've fetched up in the Northwoods of northern Wisconsin to spend a pleasant interval by the lake, supposedly working halftime but de facto on leave, late July to early September 2019. It could be worse . . . .

Darting out to welcome us. Kristin's family has had a presence on the lake for yonks, now with a number of cottages for siblings, etc.

Kristin staring at eagles overhead. The boathouse at the end of the property is a listed architectural site.

Kristin's cottage, simple but commodious, not, however, winterized (happily, it's summer now).
The gift-wrapped stone phallus on the right is a . . . gift.

We're off for an excursion on the pontoon boat -- this lake is one of half a googolplex of lakes in the region nearby, all left behind by retreating glaciers ten thousand years ago, or whatever.

-- Are you coming, or what?

We got married on the dock about this time last year.

Ducks are everywhere, of course, bringing with them a noble detachment and duck-itch.

The first time we tried it, the pontoon boat was out of gas -- we're ready now.

We're on our way.

The lake has islands down the far end of it, and lots of little bays for exploring at more leisure.

Kristin's house at the end of the line, a brother's to the left, on the shoreline side

Poking around in the canoe a few days later, we're weaving amongst a number of small scenic islands.

Gulls perching on a submerged gravel reef extending 100 metres off one of the islands -- drought in the past few years has got lots of propeller-snapper rocks just peeking out.