Dwight Peck's personal website
A visit to the USA, summer 2014
More annual lakeside fun in the Northwoods
A rich variety of watercraft on the lake
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.
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Ready to go (Photo by Marlowe)
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We're told that over the long Canadian winter, Young William has been pestering his mom about getting back out onto the lake in Wisconsin. So here we go.
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Dmitri pedals dutifully with Will safely lashed to the mainmast.
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Off we go: Marlowe in friend Kim's kayak, Alison in another, Dima on the hydrobike with William wired up alongside, and the photographer chasing along in a canoe.
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Out to the main island, Adjidau'mo, where the family of eagles lives
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Looking for eagles
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A little threatening weather on the other side of the island
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William disdains threatening weather
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Photographer Marlowe
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The old dad returning from a hydrobike time trial across the lake (Photo by Marlowe)
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A dock, a book, and thou
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William and Auntie Alison (Photo by Marlowe)
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William wishes to come aboard (Photo by Marlowe)
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Really? (Photo by Marlowe)
Alison, William, and Dwight (Photos by Marlowe)
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Establishing trust in kayaks (Photo by Marlowe)
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The fine points of paddling kayaks (Photo by Marlowe)
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A natural talent (Photo by Marlowe)
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(Photo by Marlowe)
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(Photo by Marlowe)
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In reverse (Photo by Marlowe)
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(Photo by Marlowe)
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(Photo by me)
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Lazy afternoon (except for the boys on the hydrobike unnoticed in the background, like Breughel's Icarus)
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Mom in pursuit
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Family portrait
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Exploring the back bay
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Returning to port
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Water skier Berber preparing for takeoff (Photo by Marlowe)
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-- Ready?
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-- Ready.
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-- Hit it.
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And away.
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-- Hit it!
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And away!
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For a bouncy ride (Photo by Marlowe)
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-- Again. Again.
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(Photo by Marlowe)
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William and the paddleboard
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Precarious
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Dima and the paddleboard
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Marlowe and William
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William the Navigator
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Mid-lake rendezvous with the paddleboardist
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All's well so far
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Just trying to help
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If ever you fall off, spring right back up again.
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Last day on the water
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Back at the La Quinta Inn in Appleton: Marlowe, Dmitri, and William to the local airport, Alison and Mark in their hired car to the airport in Chicago.
There's no milk left out for us for the coffee, as promised . . .
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. . . so Dima puts that right.
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A Wisconsin Cheesehead at the Appleton airport
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Cheeseheads rule.
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All rights reserved, all wrongs avenged. Posted 2 November 2014.
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