4th Vacation, Sauk, Grand Marais, Ashland WI

 We did our 2nd visit in Ashland WI and this year camped on the beach! We kayaked and floated all day. 

Sunset on the beach and millions of stars at night. So fun camping right next to Lake Superior in Wisconsin which is a shallow area of the lake and much warmer!

We also went to Grand Marias and stayed in Lutsen at Lake Clara. 

Camp fire...

Camp cooking

Lake Superior

All the flowers in bloom

Kayaking, fishing

I caught 3 small mouth bass on Devils lake

Of course we had to stop for Maple Syrup

Stopping to take photos of the lupine flowers

Camping with our e-bikes

We had a red fox visit our camp site during dinner. We saw a bear crossing the dirt road and while we were riding bikes along a logging road, an owl in the tree and many bunny rabbits. 

Beef tenderloin dinner the night the fox came to visit. 

Biking at Rice Lake, Logging road

 
Sauk, photo at night from our new dock!

Fireworks on the 4th

Boating

Cooking at the lake

Kendra and Madelyn

Tubing Celina, Evan and Logan

Haning out at the Red Barn during the rain storm on the 4th

Sunshine after the rain...

Night lit up on the beach from the dock

Finished dock with everyone's help!

Kids all working together to put together all the dock decking pannels. 

New 12ft Island float

Putting in the new dock into the water 

Me, Steve and Celina putting together the frame of the dock 40ft plus the platform

How the dock arrived in all parts to put together. We had to pick it up wiht a trailer in St. Cloud- Home depot! 

Our new address in Sauk Center. We finally have an address marker!! 

Weekend before the Holiday!

 We went up to the lake this weekend to cut the grass and trim up everything before the holiday weekend. I sprayed the weeds (itch weed) growing on the path and weeds around the firepit and beach. Plus, trimmed up all around the trees and decking etc.. It looks good for now but will need a touch up if it rains all this week. We were hoping to pick up the dock Friday, but it doesn't arrive till the 30th. So we have plans to pick it up on Thursday and assemble it. Hopefully, we get it done by Thursday or Friday morning at the latest. At least we'll have it for the 4th which was the goal! 

No wind the first day up at the lake. Perfect for kayaking! 

Hotdogs over the fire...

Another Mishap!

Well, it only took Steve 4 months to dent his brand new truck. The tail bed was crushed by the dead tree he cut down that over hung the drivway. It bounced back just enough to hit the top of the truck and of course crush it a bit and mess up his camera. 

We did get semi good news in the mail. The guy who hit him, has to pay restitution, meaning we will get our $500 deductable paid back from the guy which will go right into paying for the damage Steve did to his truck. Guess its a wash! I think we are done cutting trees and will leave it to the professionals from now on! 

 

Standing water and new pets!

 The neighbors are running their sprinklers and filling up the low area by the driveway. We figured its going to be standing water for weeks and a mosquito breeding area. Not a great situation. 

I had a great idea to purchase some fat head minnows after reading they are super at eating mosquito larve. Perfect! So off we went to spend $6 on our new puddle fish pets. It's also going to rain every day this entire week so between all the rain and the watering daily, this puddle should have plenty of water in it for weeks! 

Unfortantley, there are alot of trees also in standing water, including maples. I'm sure they will all be dead in no time. Ugh!!! More tree loss! 

I tried to get a photo of our pet fish