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Summer 2021 (gallery 3)

The last gallery of summer in Wisconsin. It was a good one. Summers don’t last long enough or come often enough for my taste.

August 2, 2016

Danbury pictures

A few random pictures from the summer 2016 vacation…

Hearth loaf in the wood oven.

Ben on the kayak...

Ben and Nora out on the lake.

Nora watches a loon as we come into shore.

Lunch with Grandma and Grandpa.

Full moon rising over Bass Lake.

Another picture of an eagle in a tree.

Our beautiful house is behind the trees in this shot of our dock. You can see the wood oven on the right side.

Eagle swooping in for a fish.

Eagle just caught a fish. If you look closely you can see the splash of water behind.

Eagle looking down for fish.

Sunset over Bass Lake

Crystal at sundown on Bass Lake.

Full moon rising over trees on Bass Lake.

Full moon over Bass Lake.

July 19, 2016

Here is another Danbury gallery (these summer photos are not being posted in the order they were taken). It includes the delivery of the pizza oven and the start of the massive rain we had last week. Over 24 hours we had a little north of 9 inches of rain – never seen anything like it. Rivers flooded and roads closed but we are starting to dry out now. Enjoy!

Corn's lookin' good this year....yep.

Nora in the rain on the pontoon.

Nora and Ben enjoying a light rain on the pontoon.

Asleep on the way to Grandma and Grandpa's

Nora on a 10 mile bike ride with Dad.

I only had my iphone but we came close to two adult eagles in the same tree. Rare, but apparently not rare on Bass lake.

Nora eagle watching.

The new pizza oven arrived just before the massive rain.

Kai and Nora in the rain. We got over 7 inches that evening.

Crystal and Nora in the rain.

July 17, 2016

Post-Wiemann Family Visit

Our first weekend back we hosted a Jacobs-Post-Wiemann-Berryman family gathering on Bass Lake.

Nora and Kai swimming with cousins.

A game of giant Jenga behind the house.

Kai, Nora and the cousins at the campfire pit.

Cousins at the campfire pit.

Kai hauling the tube back to the garage.

July 19, 2014

More Danbury

Here are a few pictures from earlier in vacation. Kai and Ben pooled their money to buy a quad-copter with an HD camera that they’ve had fun piloting around.

Kai pilots the drone on its maiden launch.

Using a wide open field was a good call to start.

The drone ascends to 7 meters and comences surveillance.

Kai waiting for lunch at the drive in.

Kai, Nora and Crystal

Nora at the Drive in

Kai and Nora set out in the dinghy

Sunset on tranquil Bass Lake

Crystal on the boat for sundowners

September 5, 2013

Final Days of Summer Vacation

The final set of summer vacation pictures has been processed and I’ve posted a few here. It was a good vacation and the kids had a great time–they are growing up too fast!

Kai at the helm

Nora was excited to get to drive the boat solo.

It looks real but it is just a prop.

Kai at Canal Park

Ben, Kai and Nora at Canal Park.

We try to come every year to throw pebble into the water.

At the water sculputre with the spitting sturgeon.

We didn't get much rain this summer but when we did Nora made the most of it.

A toad out by the fire pit.

Grandpa and Nora

At the Country Lane famer's market

Kai and Nora play a game with Neighbor Pam

They are always eager to see our neighbors Pam and Lois.

The pontoon rides off into the sunset for another year of storage.

Kai and Nora used the wagon for a bit of summer sledding down the hill.

August 13, 2012

The County Fair

Though we’re back to the heat in Saudi there are still a few images left to work through – here are some of the Post’s visit to Danbury and our visit to the Sibley County fair. Kai was allergic to something there (or maybe all of it) so he was a watery eyed mess by the end but both he and Nora still really enjoyed it.

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August 12, 2012

The Forts Folle Avoine Rendezvous

Each year the local fur trading camp historical site puts on a 3-day re-enactment of the fur trading days along the Yellow River. It is only a mile from our house as the crow flies so we make it a point to attend each year. This year the Post family joined us. Enjoy the pictures.

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August 9, 2012

A Few Random Images

Nora gets her first pair of glasses, biking on the Gandy Dancer trai and more fun on the lake. Check out the website for fresh family pictures.

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July 13, 2012

The New Boat

The day after we arrived we scheduled delivery of our new Pontoon. The nice folks from Hayward Marine showed up right on time (though so did the thunderstorms). We got the run down on the boat operations in heavy rains though they cleared enough later for a nice ride. We’ve been out daily since.

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