Sunday afternoon at Mt. Ashwabay. Ski racing and visiting with old friends.

Scott headed up for another run.

The years pass but Kathy never seems to get any older. She can still beat almost everyone else on the hill when it come to Sunday racing.

Tim can still turn in a great time. This run 27:29 sec.

Scott enjoying the day.

Coach Kathy and one of her team members.

Scott and Mike headed up the hill.

Tim and Bob.

The sun tried to breakout in the late afternoon.  I set out today to take some outdoor picture. Outdoor sunny picture. I'm glad I had a "high speed" camera because the sun did not hang around for long. Still turned out to be a fun day.

The moon sure put on a great show at the end of the day.

Day break in Mason / Grandview Wi. Visiting with friends.

Most mornings when camping I'm up at first light. It is a peaceful time. 

Sunrise and the start of a beautiful day. It was very cool when this photo was taken. The rear window of the truck had a hard frost.

A wedding on the farm.

Waiting for guests. 

UPDATE:

Below are a few photos I took at the wedding:

This is my favorite photo of the day. 

Bride with Mom and Dad.

Sisters

These photos were taken the day after the wedding. We camped in the farm yard.  Early the next morning I took these photos.

Imagine waking to this view.

Sunrise morning. And this view.

Sunrise morning fog. And this view.

Camping in the barn yard.

Cora. Soccer, Camping, Caterpillar and Grampa Dan

Cora with Grampa Dan

Soccer training with Grampa Dan.

Campground wildlife.

Wow...wow!

Camping near Two Harbors MN.

Peaceful moments.

A visit with friends.

A weekend camping and fishing trip.

We had beautiful weather. Nice warm sunny days. Cool no bugs evenings. A lake nearly to ourselves. Everyone caught fish. Everyone! Good food. Hot coffee and cool Rolling Rocks. And of course great friends to make the weekend great. Oh yes and a fish fry on Sunday night.

Everyone caught fish. 

Some caught larger fish.

Some caught a nice stringer of fish.

Some caught bait fish. But looked good doing it.

Some caught nice fish and cooked a great fish fry for the group.

 Some took an un-scheduled swim. 

Some traveled in style.

Some floated the lake with oars in hand. And fished with "Dandelions".

Some cleaned fish with ease.

Some EVENTUALLY took a nap. Under protest.

We all enjoyed beautiful weather and scenery.

And of course we all ended the days sitting around the campfire with sticky marshmallow fingers, chocolate lips and Graham cracker crumbs in our laps. 

Now and Zen. A book by friends.

Now and Zen, a ‘cozy mystery’ by co-authors Deb Lewis and Pat Ondarko , third in the series of Best Friends Mysteries set in northern Wisconsin.

Humble Be Yoga and Dance Studio has a new location.

A 20+ years tradition. Easter party 2012 edition. How we spent our Easter.

Thanks to Andy and Linda for inviting us to their Easter Day party. Although they are "not counting" we were happy that we finally joined this great day of fun.

 It is a truly unique Easter celebration. Giant rabbit and all. The kids loved it. The adults loved it. And the hosts were the biggest kids in the crowd. 

We have already marked our 2013 calendar.  Enjoy the video.

The "Chief" caught a nice meal of perch.

Jerry (the retired fire chief) is one of our regular fishing buddies. Jerry had a pretty good day. Any day you bring home a meal of fresh perch is a good day

Fresh perch.

The Making of Ella's First Quilt. Doll Quilt.

Trick or Treat 2011 on Chapple Ave. Ashland, Wisconsin

This weekend we joined some of our friends to make apple cider.

Today it rained. We spent the day inside. I took trips down memory lanes.

My paternal grandparents were first generation Americans. They were born in England and immigrated to America in the early 1900's. One of my most vivid memories of visiting Gramma & Grampa G. was having tea and crumpets. To this day I do not like tea. On the other hand crumpets with butter and Lyle's Golden Syrup were a treat then and remain so now. 

Over the years I have searched for a source for crumpets without any success... until Google. In early September I (thanks Amy) found a source for crumpets. A little additional research led me to this vendor British American Imports.  A recommend great source for any crumpet lover amongst my readers.

Once my mail order crumpets arrived I shared them with family and friends.  They were good, real good but they were missing the Lyle's Golden Syrup. One of the friends that I had shared the crumpets with arrange to have his mother bring a can from the UK on her recent visit.  He gave it to me yesterday. It's a small world moment. What a surprise. Thanks Gary and Gary's mom.

After nearly 55 years of carrying this great memory I finally had all of the pieces. Breakfast this morning was crumpets with butter and Lyle's Golden Syrup. And of course NO tea.

UPDATE: Yesterday at lunch I introduced my nephew Ryan and tonight after a quick supper I introduced our son Scott to part of their Great Grandparent's diet. Crumpets and Lyle's Golden Syrup. Both thought the crumpets were good and they thought they might enjoy one occasionally. The Lyle's Golden Syrup was seen as a sweet treat that they would maybe use less frequently. It was great fun sharing the experience with this young generation. In a very small way it connected them to Great Grandparents they never met.  

Up next ..... Lamb's kidneys with bacon and eggs for breakfast.  Seriously it is quite good in moderation. Well .....  maybe it is an acquired taste. We'll see.

After breakfast, as the title of this post suggests I took a second trip down yet another memory lane today. This trip was made possible by a generous loan of historical newspaper articles, informational literature and personal recollections of a former camper, staff member, board member and great historian of the former Y.M.C.A. Camp Clark.  Thanks Pete M.

For those visitors to this website who might not already know one of my other ongoing projects is to document the history and the personal memories of former campers who spent time at Camp Clark between the early 1940's and 1972.  For a more detailed account of this history please visit the Camp Clark website.

I have been told by visitors to the site that even though they never went to Camp Clark the stories and memories found on the website brought back personal memories of the camps that they had attended.  Hopefully you will experience similar recollections of your childhood camps.  Enjoy!

Amber's birthday party.

Happy 3rd birthday Amber.

Mom with the cake.

WOW what a cake.

Present time.

Hayride headed out to find pumpkins.

Headed back with the prize pumpkins.

Pumpkin hunting in the patch.

Returning from the field. Pumpkins on Board!

Unloading the pumpkins.

The pumpkin hunting crew.

Amber always has a critter to show Unk.

One heck of a party. Wake me when it's over.

Fly tying material on the hoof.