The Lumki: August 2009

We left for Wisconsin late Thursday afternoon. Six hours later we turned onto a gravel road, and then we turned onto another gravel road and arrived at our destination - a cabin in the woods of northern Wisconsin. The cabin was quite nice and there was plenty of room for the Lumkes family. We discovered a few mice were living with us as well. We spent our days eating good food, playing cards (I lost...a lot), fishing, riding 4-wheelers, and sitting by a campfire. Jenny had a great time playing with her cousins. On Friday afternoon we went to a nearby lake and enjoyed the scenery, the kids and men swam, but the women stayed in the boat (it was not warm). On Saturday we hung out at the cabin and the kids played outside. There were a lot of wild berries around so we spent some time picking berries. There are a lot of trails for snowmobiles and 4-wheelers in northern WI so Jay and I took advantage of them on Sunday afternoon. Riding through the mud in a forest was dirty, but a lot of fun. Jay's siblings left on Sunday so nightfall found Jay and his dad taking on me and Jay's mom in a card game called Pitch. Jay's mom and I lost 4 games in a row. We finally conceded defeat and went to bed. We returned home Monday evening after a good weekend.