Back from Up North #1

[jesse_the_k]

Spent a lovely long weekend in Up North in Rhinelander. Tragically, the air quality was unhealthy for sensitive groups so I couldn't swim. I hate this timeline.

We cooked up a storm, including a strawberry crumble to die for, based on Nigella Lawson's recipe made GF on the fly.

I spent most of my time chatting with great friends and admiring beautiful clouds. So lovely I didn't take any pictures!

I'm giving myself comment amnesty, so feel free to drop pointers to your DW in the comments.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

I'm happy you could swim: Michigan or Superior?

Are there wake-free areas where you can paddle without a care?

[ismo]

My brother's place in the UP is on a very secluded lake with covenants about boats and things, so when we were there, we swam every day. Most of the time, there was no one else on the water but the loons. We drove up to a lovely Superior beach at the mouth of the Huron River, just east of the Keweenaw. It was in a national forest area, and there was not a boat in sight, except far away, going around the islands to the north.

[jesse_the_k]

Ahhhhhh, that sounds so lovely.

We had all-loon-sounds-all-the-time, and eagles diving for lunch. It was just the right time for flourishing ferns by the roadside.