Nelson Lake,
located just a few miles north of beautiful Hayward, Wisconsin, is home to a
variety of fantastic north woods resorts, restaurants, lodges and taverns. Part of the Totogatic Flowage, the Nelson Lake
area is touched by unspoiled wilderness, bordering the lake (2716 acres, max
depth 33’) to create a largely undeveloped shoreline. Fish include Pan fish, Large mouth Bass,
Small mouth Bass, Northern Pike and Walleye.
Click on the link below to view a map of Nelson Lake.
http://nelsonlake.net/nelson-lake-wi-map.html
It is here
- on the Island - that our friends, Pat & Larry, reside in the summer months on 40 acres of their "peace of heaven".
In a cabin that
Larry built, living a simple life with their two Golden
Retrievers, Buck & Barney (the “Boys”). (Note: Miss Kay, who is a little black kitty, will
be a new member of the family very soon.)
We originally met Pat and Larry last April when we were staying at BJ’s Campground (outside of Big Bend National Park) and from there the rest is history. It’s amazing when you click with certain people, feeling like you’ve known them for years. That’s how we feel.
We arrived at Sunrise Bay Campground on a Wednesday to set up our home for a few days right on the lake. Wild flowers are essential for the RV.
Little did we know that we
would be enjoying four days of non-stop fun.
Pat, Larry and the “Boys” took care of us the whole time. This consisted of pontoon rides to and from
their cabin on the island, awesome campfires, good food, a new game (anyone for
Spinner?), becoming one with their family (pretty awesome family at that too!)
and of course, fishing.
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| Anyone for a swim? |
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| Let me pose for the camera! |
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| Barney with his goggles on |
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| The familiar Loons on the water. |
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| An Osprey nest |
Food Alert….Food Alert! Larry
smoked some salmon with his famous teriyaki & brown sugar recipe. Other foods included zucchini/crab quiche,
tomato-basil onions, grilled corn on the cob, veggie medley (fresh from their
daughter, Terri’s, garden), watermelon and grilled steak. Libations were also readily available!!
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| A feast fit for a King! |
Fish Alert. . .Fish Alert! We are not the
only ones that are “fishing crazy” either.
Terri (their lovely daughter) loves the sport and reigned Jeff into catching some Bass one
evening. A very good time was had by all.
Classic Car Alert. . . Classic Car Alert! The community of Minong (about 15 minutes from Hayward) was
having festivities that included classic cars, so we all packed up in Larry's
truck and headed for some fun. Jeff selected these pictures to put on our
blog.
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| 49 Chevy |
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| 56 Chevy |
Ahhhhhhhhh....reflecting a time when life was less complicated. Don't you just love it!
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| 67 Chevy El Camino |
Miss it, perhaps?
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| 49 Ford |
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| 49 Chevy |
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| 67 Mustang fast back |
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| 37 Buick |
Hugs to all. .
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Kay & Jeff
The 13th
Annual Discover Downsville Days
is always held on the 4th
Saturday in August. And sharing this fun
day with us was 2 of our grand kids (Joseph 10 yrs & Julia 11 mos.) and our
daughter, Jill. 
