Saturday, July 30, 2022
Having coffee on the porch with Dale in the morning is something I love.
Worked on some ancestry stuff for a while...
...and then took a brief walk from the house up to the road.
Dale was finished with work shortly after noon. After getting some lunch in us we decided to take a drive to the north of the Island. On the way back we stopped at the Knowles-Nelson trail for a little hike.
Dale's always thought it's funny my grandparents lived in a small community yet had a cabin that was only 10 miles out of town as a get-away. I think my grandpa especially liked maintaining the place as a hobby but I also think both of them loved being enveloped by the woods. There is something that is incredibly peaceful about it. It's something you just don't get when driving on paved roads through wooded areas.
The Knowles- Nelson trail goes from the road down to the lake. It's manageable in that it's quite short. Despite parts being quite steep it's overall pretty manageable. 
Approaching the lake is like having a curtain pulled back...
... and it's very dramatic the closer you get to the dock.
What you see on the other side of the water is not the Wisconsin mainland but Hermit Island which is another of the many Apostle Islands.
It's been so nice to be up north.
Hermit Island.
The coastline is beautiful.
