You probably thought: "You guys can't be going to to the cottage again? And you already went to a fair!" Well, you'd be wrong. After a delayed return from Utah, we headed back to Three Lakes.
After missing the turn to get on 35W north we found ourselves on 94 East and decided to keep going that way. Since we'd be on 29, you know we had to stop at Marieke Gouda again. This time we could browse around.
We got some cheese for up north and the kids and I got ice cream cones, again.
The water levels had really dropped.
Much of the Upper Midwest was in deep drought to end the summer.
Even the pond was dry.
Well, at least the lake was mostly full.
Straight to the water with these kids.
Theo and I were at the farmers market earlier this week and Theo said he wanted corn on the cob. I told my dad to pick some up at the farm stand on the way up to have for dinner.
What a goof.
This view never gets old.
With swimming lessons now completed, Theo has been become quite the advanced swimmer. And now he wants to swim anytime he can.
I paid for my fishing license, so might as well get my money's worth.
Oh yeah, Brittany and Marina also joined us this weekend. My dad suggested we take the boat to Sunset Grill for breakfast. We hadn't been there in a few years so jumped at the chance.
It's changed quite a bit with more dockside tables then ever before.
We decided to sit inside.
I think because it was the only way for us to all sit together.
We saw the campground across the street was having a craft sale and made our way over there. Passing my childhood beach.
There were some cute crafts and then some AI crap.
Not much at the sale so then we relived our campground days by walking around seeing if we could remember where everything was. As a kid, everything seemed so far apart, when in reality everything was so close.
This was where I learned to ride a bike.
We tried making ourselves more obvious that people swim in the lake.
The big duck ought to do that.
I then convinced the kids to take a walk with me.
I worked on fixing Brooke's bike.
After going to two fairs this summer we weren't really in a rush to get to the Vilas County Fair.
We also all agreed it's more fun after dark.
We wanted to see the 4H stuff before they closed the building for the night. Loved this mushroom doll.
They didn't have my favorite ride this year but the rides were pretty good compared to other fairs.
Somehow G.G. never played the coin dozer. The signage was confusing I guess.
I got a brat, but should've got a corn dog.
This ride ruled.
Meadow used our last points on the carousel.
When we were at Ladysmith's Mardi Gras in July, we really wanted to get funnel cake, but the stands were all closed. This time we couldn't pass it up.
Man, I'm gonna miss fair season.
Meadow and Marina went for a boat ride before we had to head home.
And Theo got in one more swim.
Don't worry, we'll be back in a few weeks for Labor Day Weekend.
On the way home we decided to try to eat at Tomahawk's Dog n Suds for what feels like the 10th time.
Finally, we were in luck! This location even served frozen custard in their famed root beer floats.
I remember going to one of these on the Wisconsin/Illinois border as a kid with my dad.
Theo said this was the best burger her ever had.
It was as good as I remembered.
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