Time for an update,  I need to do this so I can look back and remember what we have done!   So it has been a couple of weeks and we have had a lot of fun.  We may run out of money some day,  but we are going to have good memories!    The last post we had been to a bed and breakfast in Neshkoro for our anniversary.   Both of our jobs are affected by accounting department month end closings,  so work was hectic for both of us right after that.   But we had a treat planned to start May.  My work had given us a gift certificate to the White Gull Inn in Door County Wisconsin.  One of our favorite areas to go to relax.  So we went up Friday and Saturday night.  We had time to walk around the town of Fish Creek and visit the shops and restaurants.  We went to visit our friend Judy at her house, and walked her woods.  A terrible wind storm hit Door County last fall and Judy lost a lot of tree’s.  She recently had some of the fallen tree’s logged out and some of her walking trails renewed.   And we went out to dinner with Judy Saturday night.  A great chance for us to get caught up on the last 6 months.

And the White Gull is a treat to stay at.  After eating there for 30+ years this was our first stay.  An older building but very nicely done.   Our coffee and the morning paper were brought to the room in the morning.   In 2010 a National morning TV show presented the White Gull the award for the best breakfast in America and the wait for a table can be long.  As a guest we got to call down and walk past the line to our table.  And John; the corned beef hash was as good as ever.  So it was a rejuvenating weekend!

Our weather has been up and down this Spring.  We had some very warm weather in March,  then back to cool.  And a Wednesday night in May we had 6 inches of rain in Oshkosh.  Most of it in a few hours.   So lot’s of flooding in the area, main roads closed.  Quite a mess.  Our house did well, although our road out was flooded.  but so were main highways in the area.   And the run off continued for days.  The lake level rose quickly, over a foot.  for a large lake that is a lot of water.   And the lake was brown from run off.  And we lost lot’s of reed beds that have been protected, due to the quickly rising water.  It just pulled up large clumps at a time.   The lake looked like 100’s of islands floating all over.   Along with a lot of other things that were pulled off shorelines and ditches.   The lake is still high, but starting to clean itself.    But everything on land is growing  with the above average temperatures we have now.  The grass is growing fast, and the spring flowers are weeks ahead of schedule.  So some good things come out of everything.

We spent some time with Mom for Mothers Day.  She took us to brunch and is doing well.   Skip had taken her to the eye doctor and she has some new glasses to get used to.  One eye, that she had cateract surgery on some years back, is very good.  The other eye not as good, but the good eye compensates.  And she has a new set of hearing aids coming to try out.   Hopefully they work well for her.   Hearing is a challenge at times.

And Chris and I took a ride to south Chicago Sunday night.  Chris’s home office from work is there.  So I drove her down and Monday we went to her work.   I worked from a conference room and Chris had a chance to meet a lot of the people she had only e-mailed or talked to on the phone.  And they took us out to lunch with about 20 people.  We were celebrating Chris’s 45th work anniversary.   They treated her very well, including cake and flowers.  So it was a fun day for Chris.

Now some time back at work and trying to get some yard work done.   The gardens need work and some planting.   And we have started getting the trailers ready for the summer.   Chris’s sister Marie will be here in a week.  And we will all make our annual Memorial Day trip to Hayward.  Camping with friends Dick and Carol at their summer place!  Always fun, and the most fishing I get in all year long!  So a week of work and then more fun to come!   Hope you all can do the same!

Judy and Chris

White Gull Inn, Fish Creek Wisconsin

Chris's cake

Monday,  my least favorite day of the week!  Probably because I have a wonderful weekend and then need to forget it to concentrate back on work.   We did have a fun weekend.  Friday night we met  with friends to share some cocktails and stories.    And went out for a nice dinner to end the night!  And Saturday we slept in to start a relaxing day.

We took a ride to the Appleton Barnes and Noble to get Chris a new Nook Tablet for her anniversary present.  We spent some time there to learn a little more and did some testing over a coffee and scone.   I think it is a hit,  she has not put it down very much.  And we took a nice ride through the Wisconsin country side.   Stopped at a Winery near Poy Sippi.  did just a little tasting!    Stopped at a Mexican restaurant in Wautoma, inside an old fast food restaurant.  The food was unbelievably cheap and very good!  My chorizo and huervo  torta with a Negra Modello was a hit.  A place to stop again.

And then on to Neshkoro to a bed and breakfast for Saturday night.   A women who was a professor at Valparaiso  University who moved back home to take care of her Mother, and turned the house into a bed and breakfast after Mom died.   Very personable and welcoming and did a nice job with the house.  We enjoyed it very much.  It was a cool day.  We walked down the river and to the dam in town that creates the mill pond behind it.  But it was too cold to linger.   From the house we had a nice  view of the mill pond and even a bald eagle fishing.  And we took her recommendation on a local supper club, and the food was worthy of the recommendation.  Once I saw roast duck was one of their specialties I made my decision.  And it did not disappoint.   And Chris had a nice tenderloin she was thrilled with.

Sunday was a wonderful breakfast, and a slow ride home.   Home was back to a little reality, getting some weed and feed on the grass and some round up on the driveway.  Of course I had heard it would not rain until Tuesday night, and it rained last night.   So I will wait a couple of weeks and see if anything took hold.   And we put the Bayliner boat in the water and out on the lift.  And put the canvas over the boat lift.  Some stretching and lots of tieing of strings.  It would have been easier with a warm sun to help stretch the canvas, but that was not to be!   But it is done and I could put my truck back in the garage.  And next will be putting the 5th wheel hitch back in the truck!

So we hope your weekend was a good one, and the week is even better!