Up Nort'

We took a few days to go camping in the north woods. The Apostle Islands north of Bayfield was our destination, but we made a stop on the way.

The Dells of Eau Claire. It is not near Wisconsin Dells or Eau Claire.

I know, what?

It is a nice place to take a hike and that is exactly what we did the first day.

"Ok kids, now run off and play. Mom and dad will be over here drinking beer."

Yeah, it is probably good we don't have any kids, eh?

This is his favorite "I am one with nature" pose.

The bridge to the Emerald Forest...or just a bridge into the woods.
You can choose your own adventure.


Um...this is odd, but cool.

Would this be a "dangerous natural feature"?

"Hon, you grab the inner tubes and I will grab the kids. There has to be a photo op in here somewhere."

This hardly looked like rock. It was so rounded off and smooth.

Pretty amazing.

First night of camp. We stayed over in Merrill, WI. It was a nice state park.

We were waiting for the rangers to come by and collect the camping fee, but they kept driving by. We figured the state park sticker we have must get us free camping since they never stopped.

Cooking with fire!

A little rustic, a little dangerous, but oh so good.

See what I mean. In the words of Rachel Ray...Yummo!

Venison steak (of course), sweet potatoes and a good bottle of wine.

What more do you need? S'mores? Yeah, we did that later.

Camp in Bayfield.

This was a private campground, and it was NOT free like the state park. In fact, we never paid that much for a tent site, ever. What are you going to do? There wasn't much to choose from as far as campgrounds go in that area.

Bayfield sure is pretty though.

This was taken on the ferry over to Madeline Island.

This is from the dock looking up the main street in Bayfield.

It is such a quaint little town.

That is Madeline Island behind us.

There you have it folks. The farthest north you can go in WI.

It was a long drive, but worth the trip.

The sea kayaking over along the western shoreline was awesome. If you want to see it, you have to go yourself. We were not taking our new expensive camera in the kayak with us.