Packer Time!

Football starts for real tonight, which begs the question. Is taco dip a food group?

A real vacation

These baby bunnies lived next door to our cabin

Cat, of course, on the Bearskin trail. We rode the whole 18 miles, had lunch in Minocqua, and rode back again. Talk about tired!

Another view of Bass Lake

A little to the west of Tomahawk, we found High Point Village. It's an adorable cluster of cabins surrounding the Hill of Beans coffee shop, and facing Bass lake. Right across the lake is Timm's Hill, the highest point in Wisconsin, and a great place for hiking and biking.

We stayed in the Northern Sky cabin, it has a full kitchen so we ate in some meals but also had some great breakfasts and lunches in the coffee shop.

Bass Lake, from our vantage. Cat thought I was going to drown her in the rowboat our hosts provided, she's like any other cat around water...


We really enjoyed our stay, and will definitely go back there.

Peace at last

This was the first pic I took, not the last, when we unpacked, and realized that we had made a very good choice! Tomorrow we ride the Bearskin trail, now we relax.

Hot Chick

It was 94 degrees! Cat was great, she did 32 miles on the Sugar River trail from New Glarus to Albany and back. Did I mention it was hot? Along with the 4 bottles we each swilled down there was iced tea and water that we had with our lunch. After showering and a nap, dinner and a couple of beers were found to be excellent at the Glarner Stube.

Guarding the bikes

If anyone tries to mess with our bikes, I will snap my towel at them...

Cat and I had one of our random Fridays off, and it could not have been better. The temp was summery, so we got in our inaugural bike ride before it became too windy. Lunch, and a nap afterward erased any residue of the work week which may have remained. Now that we have had an afternoon of leonine lounging, the queen of our pride raised her head, scented the air, and said "what's for dinner?" My preference was for something in the neighborhood of friendly Walker's Point or the soon to be fashionable Bay View, and I knew we couldn't go wrong with Transfer Pizza. It's in a converted drug store on first and Mitchell, full of character and charm. So we went, and as usual were not dissapointed by that crust, a true italian rustico with a fresh tasting sauce and lively toppings. A large glass of locally brewed beer went with it nicely. Afterwards, on the way home, we followed kinnickinnic ave and stopped at a couple of other places. It was a beautiful day of sunshine, pizza, and fun.

We wish it was summer!