Vacation Recap

All weekend I’ve been thinking about writing a vacation recap, but it hasn’t happened. Maybe because I was in denial that vacation is over…but now it’s Monday morning…I have to go back to work today…no more denial.

Vacation was spectacular. I don’t like to use the word “perfect”….but it was pretty damn close. It would have been even more spectacular if Seth could have been with us longer, but he could only swing a few days…and with adult kids I’m okay with just taking what I can get!

Our location was truly ideal for vacationing with the dogs. The cabin had a large gated deck across the whole back of it. We spent a lot of time out there. The gate was awesome because without it the dogs would have been in the water constantly. Playing with the dogs in the water was definitely a daily highlight. Emmett has always loved the water and remembered how to swim pretty quickly…even though it’s been about 5 years. Linc paced in the shallow water, watching his brother swim, for the first 5 days of vacation before he got brave enough to swim himself. We cheered him on when he finally took that step into the deeper water.

Levi and Anna spent a lot of afternoons fishing from the dock. I thought maybe this vacation would be the one where I wouldn’t have to put any worms on hooks….wrong. I sat on the deck with the dogs working on my jigsaw puzzle and they brought their poles up to me to be baited every single time. I earned some Savage Mom points for ripping nightcrawlers in pieces.

One morning we woke up to a pretty hefty breeze coming in off the lake. We decided it was a good day to load up in the Bronco and go exploring. We went to Amnicon Falls State Park and Pattison State Park. I loved Amnicon. It’s so gorgeous. The river is rapids and little falls one right after the other. Lots of opportunities for scampering on rocks…and wading on in for the dogs. Pattison is home to the tallest waterfall in Wisconsin…Manitou Falls. It was pretty, but Amnicon really spoke to my soul. I need to go back there and really spend some time.

And now we’re back. And it’s the last week before I have to move Levi into his dorm for the start of his first year of college. Not having him in the house will be a huge change. One that will mean more dinners alone. More evenings in an empty house. Nobody to tell me “stop being weird”. Mom Life is never easy.