Jan 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Spot and I spent many evenings enjoying the lake from the dock. Here we are on November 4th. The trees on November 8th as I went for a run. Two days later they were so vibrant. And they looked even more so by the 11th! At 4:30 that afternoon, Spot and I watched a...
Jan 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Wednesday, November 10th, we successfully got Kevin’s sailboat out of the water, but before that we made many many phone calls to try to figure out how to get it out. The reason that the ramp at the Vachel Lindsay Sailboat Launch is so steep is so that the keel,...
Jan 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Tuesday, November 9th, we prepared to haul my pontoon boat out of the water. Mom and I headed over to the sailboat launch, but were surprised to find… The dock was gone! Well, not gone, but moved out of the water and it was sitting right in the middle of the...
Jan 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
We kept our boats in the water longer than we’d ever done and didn’t start taking them out til Monday November 8th. We’d taken all the boats to the fairgrounds in New Berlin to be stored, but last year we bought the fancy Navigloo boat cover for my...
Jan 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
After breakfast at the lodge we headed out for another hike, but first I took a picture of these incredibly cute elf bushes. Such a clever idea, I bet I could do that next year but there’s little chance I’ll remember it by then. Our first stop was Wildcat...
Jan 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
After our lovely hike on Dec. 8th, we enjoyed dinner at the Starved Rock dining room. The giant fireplace was decorated for Xmas. I had…beef something, with mushrooms, and Kevin had pot roast. All was delicious, and once again hardly any others were in the...
Jan 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
After lunch in the dining room, we headed out for St. Louis Canyon at Starved Rock at about 2:30 in the afternoon. It was cold, in the 20s, but the sun was shining which was great. It was funny to start out on this trail which we’d done a few times before,...
Jan 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
On December 8th we spent the night at Starved Rock State Park. Just one night, but it was incredible to get out of town, something we hadn’t done since our trip to Glacier in September of 2019. Yeah, a very long time. I’d booked the overnight to Starved...
Jan 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Boy. Re: the new year, no postings, lack of sleep, etc etc etc. When I finally opened my laptop this morning to possibly write a new post, I looked at the latest one and realized that the banner still says “fall 2021.” So, not so great. Must get to work on...
