All in all, it was a great trip. Because we have a tradition of having at least one or two injuries each year, I decided to get that out of the way early by taking a hot shard of glass in the leg. We were drinking beer and sitting around a campfire the first night when we started playing with the fire, trying to melt beer bottles in it and stuff. Then someone had the brilliant idea of pouring some water into a beer bottle then screwing the cap back on, and putting that in the fire. Casey and I decided that was a bad idea and we went inside to get more beer, rather than waiting for the thing to explode or whatever.. unfortunately, when we came back out it hadn’t exploded yet and we had forgotten all about it. Moments later there was a huge CRACK and pieces of glass went flying everywhere. Luckily my leg got the worst of it (see photo below), but some shards came dangerously close to Marisa’s eyes.

I think we were spared from any major injuries after that point. The weather was perfect and we had a great time on the lake wakeboarding, tubing, and cruising in the pontoon boat. Scott took us up in the Cessna for an aerial tour of the north woods; it was really cool seeing our lake and house from the air, but sadly I didn’t bring my camera.

Feasting on Mom’s cooking:

Pontooning:

Fun on the lake:

Marisa and I drove back to Chicago on Labor Day, through heavy traffic and pouring rain (once we got into Illinois there was a huge storm). We had a great time seeing the city, going to a Cubs game, and eating delicious deep dish pizza, thanks to our great hosts, Mark and Renee.

More pictures are on my Flickr account.