Long Weekend

Carrie, Cam and I headed up to the BCR on Friday February 13th. Saturday morning we headed up to Minocqua for Cruiserfest. We mainly wanted to see the radar runs and generally check things out. We had a bite to eat and Cam and Carrie took a ride in the groomer out on Lake Minocqua.

After getting back home, we did a bit of sledding on the driveway. On the second run, Cam hits Senta while going full speed and takes a digger smashing his face into the driveway. Senta was fine but Cam was a bit shaken. None the less, he was back in the sled and on his way in a few minutes.



On Sunday we packed a lunch and headed north to Cornucopia, WI to the Ice caves. It was a bit longer drive than I had expected but was able to get there in about 3 hours or so. Once there, we could not believe how many people had turned out to look at some ice on a lake as the parking lot was jammed packed. We dressed for the trek ahead (all 1 mile of it) with a sled in tow for Cam in case he got tired. We started out slow due to a 4 year old that wants to do everything himself including pulling the sled the entire way. After about what seemed an eternity to get to the actuall ice caves, they were awesome. There were caves you could fit a dump truck in, there were caves you had to squeeze into, there were others that were so small, and only one person at a time could be in it.



We spent about 3 hours out there walking around on Lake Superior enjoying the perfect sunny day and great ice sculpture that the lake gave us.











On the way back, Cam did manage to rest his eyes for about 3 minutes at which time he woke up to say “did I take a nap”? Um – no…



Back home to the BCR for dinner by about 6pm. It was a long drive but well worth the trip. Cam loved exploring the caves and crawling into all but one very dark one.

Normally we would head for home on Sunday, but Cam’s daycare was closed on Monday so we made it a long weekend. Monday, Cam and I went out to do a bit of sledding in the driveway and from the deck while Carrie cleaned up the cottage a bit. I also managed to get the starter out of “Old Blue” as Cam likes to call it. For some unknown reason our not so trusty 1994 F150 did not want to start…. I found the issue in the starter. Off to the rebuilder it goes and then back in next weekend.

Left on Monday about 11 or so and back home by 3.