Vacation Part 2.

After spending four nights at Lake Margrethe, we picked up camp and headed down to our usual fall campground at Reedsburg Dam Campground.

We had to adjust somewhat as our favorite site was occupied!  Our second choice turned out to be just as good if not better.  There were three other campers there when we got there.

Our view one morning from the campsite.



When we weren't fishing we took some day trips.  One of the trips took us to the Fireman's Memorial in Roscommons.  I got my dad's name added to the wall this year, so I wanted to see it.  Two weeks before, Jenn and Pat with their firemen friends attended the festival and saw the name then.

Over view of the Memorial.

Wreath sent by Flint Township for my Dad and his friends on the department.

Gerald "Jerry" L. Sherman, Flint Township

Reading the wall was a trip back in time for me when I found a group of men all who had been on the department when my dad was.  Names that I hadn't heard in a very long time came back to me.  Memories soon followed.

Very glad there is a memorial to these men who gave their time and some even their lives to protect people and property.

Other day trips included a trip to "Arnie's"...a mega craft shop that carries everything for the crafter as well as a place with free wifi and coffee for the partner of the crafter.  Hours can be spent there as well as plenty of $$$$$$$$.

Other activities at camp are campfire cooking.  That is one of my favorites.  I enjoy baking on the fire using my reflector oven and my dutch oven.  One meal was put in the dutch oven before we left and was all ready to eat when we got back from our trip.

The start of biscuits and gravy one morning.

Gravy is ready, just waiting for biscuits to brown a bit.  Greg is writing in our journal.

Another activity around camp is relaxing...





I wish that the next pictures were clearer, this was just a really pretty scene across to the next camper...



The moon was full and all you could see was the glow of the tent and the moon, it was cool.

Need to work on my photography skills, and maybe a better camera.  I didn't use flash, so that is why it is fuzzy.

Unfortunately all our fishing and I came up with nothing!  They weren't biting much at all.  On the last day before heading home I did catch two Pike, but both were too small to keep.  One was close, but not good enough.

The one fishing story I have is this.  One evening down at the dam I was fishing off the west side near the abutment and I could see a fish, really good sized, just sitting there.  He was watching my bait, but he wouldn't go for it.  I tried everything I had in my box!  I did catch a nice sized Bass, but again not big enough.  He would go after the bait/lure but never strike it.

The next night when we took our walk down to the dam, someone else was fishing in the same spot.  I asked if they had seen the fish...yes, but he wouldn't take the bait!

The next morning Greg had taken the dogs for a walk there and talked to a gentlemen who fishes there plenty, we have seen him every year since we started going.  Greg mentioned the fish and the gentleman replied "Yeah, I've caught him a couple of times, he's not big enough to keep, but he is always there!" 

Crazy fish stories anyway!

Now here's our hunting story...Friday night when we took the dogs for one last walk around before bed, we saw lights in the trees across the water.  Lots of movement and flashing going on.  There are no cabins or roads on the other side, it is all state land and open to hunting.

We went to bed and the next morning at 7:02 AM all hell broke loose....gunshots and gunshots and gunshots!  Crazy war movie time!  Every direction there was BANG!  POW! POP! KABLUIE!

Come to find out it was opening day of waterfowl season!  And everyone and his brother was trying to kill as many duck and geese as he could!  It was CRAZY!

I talked to one group of hunters, three guys and a young woman.  How many did they get you might ask...ONE DUCK!  That's right only one and the girl, who had never hunted before got it.  You go girl!

I never saw one bird fall from the sky, we sat and watched and saw plenty of birds and heard mucho shooting, but I NEVER SAW ONE!

As for the lights in the woods the night before, that was hunters setting up their blinds and spending the night in their spot, so no one else could move in.

All in all we had a good trip.  It was most always cool, night were pretty cold a couple of times, but we have heat.  Had some nice color starting and some sunny days.  10 days away was really nice, but now it was time to go home.  Besides the food was running out and without fish we were going to STARVE!  Now I sound like one of the TV shows we watch...Yukon Men.  We even bought some store eggs...EEWWW!

Our plan for next year is to go a bit earlier, less hunting, maybe a bit less rain and warmer.  We'll see!

Onward and Upwards!