…and then vacation started to wind down. Once Kai arrived it was only about a week before we started getting COVID tests and preparing for our travel back to Saudi Arabia. Enjoy the pictures!
The last picture. Every vacation for more than a decade has ended with a family photo taken just before we head to the airport. This one is a little on the dark side as we left not long after dawn.
There are two kinds of people who photograph outdoor scenes. Those who have their “lightning shot” and those that are still hoping to capture one. I got mine this summer while standing on the end of our dock on Bass lake watching a thunderstorm pass a few miles to the north. Enjoy!
A beautiful shot of lightning over bass lake this last summer.
Here is the last gallery from summer – a real grab back of different events from July. Some may have already made appearances on facebooks so please forgive any repeats.
Nora volunteering at the Forts Folle Avoine pancake breakfast
Nora volunteering at the Forts Folle Avoine pancake breakfast
Kai volunteering at the Forts Folle Avoine pancake breakfast volunteering at the Forts Folle Avoine pancake breakfast
Kai and Nora in their uniforms
Nora and Crystal at the Forts
Troop 1 representing at the Forts pancake breakfast
#GoHuskies! Waiting outside Wade Stadium before the game.
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Nora with Victor Viking
Nora makes a classy friend
Getting balls signed after the baseball game
A stroll in Canal Park
Artsy shot of pylons in Canal Park
Nora in Canal Park
Kai in Canal Park
Nora doing her nails on the deck
Ben
Crystal with Remington
A pizza comes out of the oven
Crystal at the campfire
Nina and Sarah at the campfire
Kai at the campfire
Nora and Sarah at the campfire
Nora approves of freshly baked bread
Getting ready to cook pizza!
Nora with Chula
Kai and Remington
Checking on the pizzas
Nina helping sling pizzas at Bass Lake
Nina helping sling pizzas at Bass Lake
Grandpa Art at the Spooner Rodeo parade
Nina at the parade
Nora and Sarah waiting for the parade to start
Crystal waiting for the parade to start
Grandma Ellen at the Spooner Rodeo Parade
Lea Ann at the Spooner Rodeo Parade
Nora knew what she wanted
Nora with a bucket 'o doughnuts
Nora and Grandma
Julie with Art and Ellen at the fabulous Country Lanes famers' market
Ben, Art, and Ellen at the Country Lanes farmers' market.
Last family photo tradition at the Jebel before leaving for the airport.
With Wisconsin vacation now over it is time to start clearing the pictures off of the camera. This first gallery has a theme of things we did in the outdoors – enjoy!
An old grain loading dock in canal park
A moody tonal shot of the same abandoned grain dock.
The SS Honey Badger coming in to dock
Nora is just happy to be there.
Not great resolution but otherwise a good shot of a loon drying its wings.
Loon 1 cleared for takeoff.
Pull up! Pull up!
The tree we never really paid any attention to suddenly made it impossilbe to ignore.
After the fallen tree was cleared out.
Eagle drying its wings on Eagle point.
Eagle taking wing
A view of the Yellow river just above Danbury taken from the Gandy Dancer trail.
Storm front rolling over Bass Lake
A picture of the Grantsburg city limits sign. Why is that important? Becasue it is over 50 miles round trip and I biked it.
Enjoying the sun on Bass Lake.
Kai with his splint trying to enjoy the boat
Tree line on Bass Lake
A hazy cloud that caught my fancy on Bass Lake.
Eagle over Bass Lake
Eagle looking for prey over Bass Lake
Eagle roosting in the trees on the edge of Bass Lake
Nora taking advantage of a low-wind day to paddle board.
The Great Blue Heron that hangs around the swamp on South Shore Drive
The Great Blue Heron that hangs around the swamp on South Shore Drive
The Great Blue Heron takes to the trees
The firepit as seen through the lens ball.
Lens ball shot of Bass Lake
A sad summer event. The picking up of the pontoon until next year...