Vacation Continued

Did I mention we usually go to the beach for vacation?  We decided this year we needed a change of pace, but tent camping for an entire week for our vacation was overruled.  Living for a whole week without electricity, running water, or a real roof over one's head does not qualify in my book as a vacation, a challenge, a nice thing for a three-day weekend, yes; a vacation - no.

So there was a compromise, we went fancy camping.  We rented a cabin with running water, a window air conditioner, electricity and a fire pit out front.

I was standing against the back wall of the cabin to take this picture.  

Spacious - no; fun - yes.

For the entire week, we were able to leave the boat "parked" in the water.  We anchored it close to shore and then the big M would wade out to get it and pick me and the small M's up at the dock.  The M's and I drove over to the dock, by the way.

While swimming was a big activity all week, we also did a little fishing.

Fisherman A (in the red vest) was not as patient as fisherman B (in the black and blue vest). Fisherman A did not catch anything in the five minutes his hook was in the water.

Fisherman B's perseverance paid off. A blue gill was hooked and released.

   

I must say my patience paid off as well.

A very small bass hung from my line.  No this is not the bait, it is the fish.

Fisherman A decided that he should try again, but using a different method.

He tried to bait the fish to swim right into his net.  He didn't have much success there either.

Once the fishing was complete and a cooling swim was finished, we headed back towards the cabin.  While we were in a no wake zone (which means we had to go very slow) the boys got to ride in front.

This was actually a competition to see who could be the most "in front" without falling off the boat.

Once we got back to land, we decided hot dogs over the fire was on the menu.  So we got set up and got to cookin'.

 We don't have any other pictures of this meal.  I think the photographers got hungry or we had too much "help" with the fire.  The hot dogs were good and the s'mores even better.