Friday, August 21, 2020
Upon our return from the cottages we found Athena like this. I think she’s getting just as much from this get-a-way as we are.
Showing posts with label Madeline Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Madeline Island. Show all posts
Monday, September 7, 2020
Madeline Island 2020 - Athena
Upon our return from the cottages we found Athena like this. I think she’s getting just as much from this get-a-way as we are.
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Madeline Island 2020 - And We're Off!
Monday, August 17, 2020
And we’re off!!
Photos taken at a stoplight shortly after our departure. Athena’s ready for the ride! She’s always been good in the car.
Madeline Island 2020 - Getting Ready to Go
Monday, August 17, 2020
Due to camp being cancelled this year I have not visited Dale on Madeline Island
in June and July. However, he has to check on some buildings so we're making a
trip up. On the way we're going to stop by and visit our friends Maggie and
Cindi at their cabin near Bruce, Wisconsin.
Dale wrote the following in his blog
yesterday: “And in what would in a normal year be almost not worth mentioning,
tomorrow Joe and I are headed to a friend’s cabin about two hours east of the
Twin Cities in Wisconsin, then up to Lake Superior for some business meetings I
have mid-week. I figured out today that the last time I didn’t sleep in my own
bed was October of last year. I don’t think I’ve been home this long without a
break since maybe, well, ever in my life. Gee thanks global pandemic! Still, I’m
feeling pretty grateful for the most mundane of getaways!”
For me it’s been
since this past November that I’ve been out of town when Mom and I went to visit
my brother Pete and his family in Virginia for Thanksgiving. During a normal
summer I would’ve been out of town three or four times at this point to visit
Dale on Madeline Island but due to Covid that didn’t happen this year. In the
top photo Athena and I are getting back to our house from a walk just before
leaving on our trip. She’s stopped because she’s just noticed Dale doing some
last minute texting before our departure. In the bottom picture she’s seen
waiting patiently in the yard to board the van we’ve rented for the trip.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Madeline Island 2019 - Dale's Cottage
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| Cottage in the background in above two photos. |
Photos taken June 2019
Madeline Island 2019 - Dale's Cottage
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| Bedroom |
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| Bedroom |
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| Living Room taken from the porch. |
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| Porch as seen from a bedroom window. |
Madeline Island 2019 - Dale's Cottage
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| Kitchen |
Dale stayed in a new place this year in all the time he's been working up here. I loved it as it was very rustic and charming.
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| Living/Dining Room |
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| Living/Dining Room |
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| Living/Dining Room |
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| From a distance... |
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| Porch
Photos taken June of 2019
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Monday, July 8, 2019
Madeline Island 2019 - Day 6: Return Home
Sunday, July 30, 2019
Left Madeline today. Didn't get off the Island nearly as early as I would have liked. Stopped at the River Street Family Restaurant in Spooner. They were quite busy but I was able to find a place at the counter. Ordered a cheeseburger and fries.
Madeline Island June 2019 - Day 5: And Another Full Day
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Long lazy morning. Coffee on the porch with Dale. Emma slept in late but woke up shortly before Dale left for work.
Emma is training for a marathon. She took a 6 mile training run today. I headed into town on foot.
In town I picked up a couple of blueberry muffins from Marie at Mission Hill Coffee. Delicious as always. I ate both of them in one sitting and then walked back to the cabin to sit on the porch. Emma returned from her run after a bit and said the heat really got to her. I could only imagine. I thought it was pretty scorching in the direct sunlight on my outing and I was only walking!
Dale and I took Emma out to eat at the Beach Club tonight. I had a couple of Old Fashioneds of course. They couldn't drink because they had to work a dinner concert over on the mainland.
When they left after dinner for the the ferry I headed over to Grandpa Tony's for some ice cream and walked home with it.
Once back I sat on the porch, read, and watched the beautiful sunset. When Dale and Emma returned we sat for a bit on the porch and watched the fireflies.
Long lazy morning. Coffee on the porch with Dale. Emma slept in late but woke up shortly before Dale left for work.
Emma is training for a marathon. She took a 6 mile training run today. I headed into town on foot.
In town I picked up a couple of blueberry muffins from Marie at Mission Hill Coffee. Delicious as always. I ate both of them in one sitting and then walked back to the cabin to sit on the porch. Emma returned from her run after a bit and said the heat really got to her. I could only imagine. I thought it was pretty scorching in the direct sunlight on my outing and I was only walking!
Dale and I took Emma out to eat at the Beach Club tonight. I had a couple of Old Fashioneds of course. They couldn't drink because they had to work a dinner concert over on the mainland.
When they left after dinner for the the ferry I headed over to Grandpa Tony's for some ice cream and walked home with it.
Once back I sat on the porch, read, and watched the beautiful sunset. When Dale and Emma returned we sat for a bit on the porch and watched the fireflies.
Madeline Island June 2019 - Day 4: Another Full Day
Friday, June 28, 2019
I'm falling into a routine. Coffee with Dale on the porch this morning and then a nice walk to town followed by a lunch at the Beach Club which consisted of two Old Fashioneds and a chef salad.
Emma is coming in tonight so I stopped by the store to get some wine and frozen pizzas. Needed to call Dale to confirm the kind of wine he wanted. The call went through but cut out and the phone showed there as being no service. OK, this island runs at a different pace and I can adapt to that culture but I don't want my phone to be on island time too!! LOL. I eventually got ahold of Dale but the phone service has been so bad this year. It all ended up working out just fine so I'll stop pissin' and moanin'.
Back home in time for a cigar on the porch in the afternoon. Emma arrived by 5 p.m. Dale made a pizza for all of us which we ate on the porch accompanied by some red wine.
We headed over to the club house shortly before with o'clock for the concert featuring the American String Quartet. It was a beautiful concert. The tree frogs outside even got in on the act.
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