Saturday, August 18, 2012

Gilmore Lake, WI - Ottenstroer Vacation

What a nice week, lots of memories made and fun was had by all! We stayed at a new cabin this year, it's owned by a family friend and it was a great place. There was a main cabin that we all kept getting lost in and a small guest cabin that the Carlson family stayed in. Paige was a very good girl and slept in her pack n' play, I was a little worried about the sleeping situation since we just transitioned to a big girl bed. Every morning we would wait until 7:30 before we went to the big house, we wanted to let everyone sleep. Grandma was always waiting for us, she's an early riser too. Paige loved to fish and swim, we had 2 warm days and Paige spent most of that time in the water or on the dock. She even let us take her for one slow boat ride (thanks to Grandpa for driving so slow). There was a scavenger hunt every morning and Andy & Alice were quick to find everything, we'll have to make it harder next year!
Paige and Alice did a lot of coloring and play doh at a table on the porch overlooking the lake. We even went to a petting zoo in Hayward with TONS of animals, everyone loved it! Paige thought she was in heaven, there were deer everywhere and the little animals would eat out of your hand. We were thankful that the tiger, cougar, bears and all the other large scary animals were locked up! Andy was a permeant fixture on the dock, you could find him day or night fishing his little heart out. Thanks to Andy's hard work Grandpa had a fish fry for us and it was delicious! There were 3-4 eagles at our cabin every day, they would hang out in the tree above our cabin and their "singing" woke us up almost every morning. Seeing deer at the feeder was another favorite sight, the kids usually spotted them at least once a day. What more could you ask for? Thanks to everyone for making it a great vacation!





















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