Recent pictures.

9/15 - 9/18 we took our annual trip to the Chequamegon Fat Tire Fest.  Only this time we went up a day early to do some touristing.  We stopped at an old fire tower that had been converted into a Bayfield county museum.

And stopped at a park where everyone climbed trees.  Even Grandma.

The highlight of that first evening, though, was a boat tour of the sea caves near the Apostle Islands.  These are the same caves that freeze over most winters.

We saw some bald eagles.  Including a couple of juveniles that didn't yet have their white feathers.

Moonrise was cool.

We had a great time playing around on Lake Delta.  Tabby even decided that this was the year she'd get a Kayak all to herself.

We had planned to hike up to Morgan falls and St Peter's Dome.  But this dirt road?  Washed out in the summer flooding.  Up a bit from this beautiful scene the road gets awful.  I'm sure there are vehicles that could get through to the hiking trail ... but not our minivan.

Of course Becky took the chance to walk around and shoot some fabulous pictures.

The bike race happened!

Ben showing off his new hat in the cany store.

Winner! At least of the three in our party

Evidence that Mike finally beat his Dad.

Once again we stopped at Copper Falls on the way home.

Just this past Saturday, Santi played in a soccer tournament.  We crushed Fond du Lac 8-0 on Friday night, then lost 3-1 to Pius.  This is the Pius game.

Fat Tire Fest!

Two weeks ago we went up to Cable for the annual Fit Tire Fest.  We stayed at Delta Lodge, as usual, on Lake Delta.

Of course, there was the race.

Bob (above) crossed about a half hour ahead of Taylor (below, yellow jersey) and Mike (blue jersey), who rode with Taylor the whole way on her first time riding the full race at Chequamegon.

Becky had fun taking pictures of Mike's family.

We hiked to Morgan falls with Bob & Lee Ann on our way home Sunday.  Though, just to be clear, in the picture below that's Ben and his Grandpa. 

Then they went back to the lodge and we continued home with a short detour to Copper Falls.

Pictures!

 

Last weekend was the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival held in Cable, WI each year.  Becky's Dad has ridden in it every years since the beginning.  He has, in fact, become its poster boy.  Literally.

 

 



 

 

 

 

That picture of Bob taking the corner at the start of the race in 1983 was on a huge banner at the race, on towels, shirts, glasses.

 

Every year he rents a cabin on Lake Delta and takes his family up there.  Mike races with him.  Everyone else watches, spends the day shopping in Cable and plays on the Lake.  It's great fun.

 

Before I get to the pictures Becky took, though, I found a few I'd missed from our Labor Day visit to Sheboygan.

 

 

And there are a few I never got around to posting that Becky took of Ben.

And a nice one Becky took of the Bay.

 

The Cabin Bob rents is at a place called Delta Lodge.  It's on a very picturesque little lake with some nice docks and boats.

 

 

They have some Kayaks that are just a blast.



 

 

Tabby and I watched for fish in the lily pads.  And saw some!  We stayed out in the Kayaks until late one night to watch the bats come in over the lake.  Dozens of them diving all around the water.  No pictures, but it was pretty cool.

 

 Of course, the whole reason we go is the race right?  We were at the finish line to watch Bob come in.  Mike came in about 15 mins later, having gotten a 20-25 minute late start due to a mechanical problem at the starting line.

 

 

I've got to share a photo disappointment.

 

 

 

Becky and I went out driving looking for pictures.  She took some nice ones of scenery.  Then, coming around a corner, about 50 feet down the road, we saw a black bear in the road with her cub.  And the camery was still set up for the landscape/nature scenery photos Becky had been taking.  She quickly got the camera up anyway while the mama bear watched us for a second.  Then the bear dropped to all fours and continued across the road.  And 3 more cubs bounded out of the woods to join Mama and the first dashing into the woods.

 

Becky was kicking herself about not getting a good picture, but man, it was still awesome.

 

On the way home Sunday morning we stopped by Copper Falls and hiked a very nice trail along a river flowing through some cool rock formations making some pretty spectacular falls.