Its day 15 already and it seems like I just started. This blogger stuff is fun. I love to write and I am glad that you all are enjoying this. For those of you who don't know, I have been writing since I was in my 20's and have published a short story, newspaper articles and now possibly a book. I have a publisher interested in it after they read the first 2 chapters and I am extremely excited. All I have to do now is find an editor. So if any of you know one, tell them to e-mail me, please!
This morning we found out that a bear had gotten into our dumpster again. I went up there before John could even get his shoes on and cleaned up 3 bags of scattered garbage. For those of you who are just tuning in, we captured a 225 lb. bear 15 days ago that was getting into our dumpster. Now it appears we have another one. I will call animal control tomorrow. We'll see if they can bring another trap. This time the bear went into the dumpster in the afternoon. It was quiet around here then, but that bear is gutsy coming into our resort in mid-day. We don't want brave bears around here. So I'll call for a trap tomorrow.
After that, I took a shower then made the niece and nephew breakfast. When they were eating, one of our customers came back from town with some bad news. It appears that the terrible storms last night damaged some camp sites on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage severely. Some campers were on those islands and there were 5 injuries. One woman had to be taken out in a helicopter because of a back injury. This was very upsetting. We made some calls and found out that no one needed our help. We were not allowed out there to take pictures either, because we heard the DNR had closed down the boat landings to all except rescue personnel. We knew the storms were bad, just not that bad. Some boy scouts were on an island too, and they are all okay.
After awhile my oldest friend, Kari, came into the lodge and started looking at the many maps we had available of the area. She wanted to do a hike with her niece and nephew and my niece and nephew. They get along very well. So after some discussion we decided to go to the Presque Isle River/Waterfalls in the Porcupine Mountain State Park. From our resort we can take a Rustic Road for most of the way, which is beautiful. We arrived there around 2:00 p.m., loaded with water, snacks, cameras and swimsuits. We walked the 1.1 mile western trail up to the beautiful Lake Superior. The prevailing winds were from the north and were strong. After the kids went into the bushes to change into their swimsuits, they ran down to the water. There were huge waves, at least 4 feet high at times, and the kids had an absolute blast in the waves. The water was very warm by the outlet to the River so the kids didn't want to get out. We hunted for rocks, skipped a few, and ate snacks. An eagle flew by, some teenagers floated around on a log, people walked by and we all had fun. On the way back we took the Eastern trail for a change of scenery. The waterfalls look beautiful going in both directions.
It felt strange not having our dogs with us, but they stayed home. John didn't want to go along because the majority of the customers were still at the resort.
Most of the other customers went to the Carow Park in town to swim with the locals and play on the outdoor play equipment. They were gone for most of the afternoon but a lot of the dads were back at the resort with John. At 5:00 p.m. John and a large crew went to a local restaurant, Ruggers Landing, for their home made pizza. They had to wait an hour but said the pizza was all you could eat and made to order. They loved it.
Our group got back around 7:30 p.m. from our hike/swim and John's group got back from pizza around 8:00 p.m. After awhile there was another birthday party in the lodge, Kayla. Her mom made chocolate cake and brownies. So we all sang happy birthday and had cake and ice cream.
Now there's a bunch of teenagers running around in the dark with their flashlights playing some fun game, and there's another group of people in the lodge playing cribbage or something else. One person, who is majoring in music management, is doing his homework on a lap top and others are playing board games. The lodge is full of people again and we are loving it.
There's a fire going on down by the lake, so I'm sorry I'm missing that, but I'm just too tired to walk down there right now. I haven't gone to the Presque Isle River hike in a year, so my feet aren't used to it. 2.2 miles up and down hills and rocks and stairs is a long hike. I'm going to bed after this.
Tomorrow we will take some interested parties out to the Flowage to see the damage and take some pictures. It should be interesting and sad, I'm afraid.
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