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Best investment we made was a whole house generator. Learned the hard way when we were down in Chicago for a couple of weeks and when we returned to cabin, a god-awful stink greeted us when we opened door. Power had been out during summer heat from a storm and everything in refrigerator/freezer...

OK. I'm jealous !

As I have started to slow down a little, I told my kids and their spouses that one long weekend in late spring/early summer, is a mandatory clean-up, fix this and that, and repair winter damage, downed trees stuff, no questions asked. They are great about it because they can and do use it...

From Park Ridge to Presque Isle is 380 miles. Good drive up there is around 5 1/2 hours with one stop in Westfield for gas. Bad drive is around 6 hours. We try to leave PR around 5 or 6 am and we are north before lunch and still have day in front of us. I try to keep it around 75 mph in the 70...

You are so correct. I was 33 when we bought/built our cabin. 27 years of hard work making improvements and maintaining, but absolute enjoyment and our escape spot from normal work and life. Now at 60 years old, knee replaced, and years of wear and tear on the rest of me, I depend on the kids to...

We are fortunate enough to have a place in the Northwoods that we had to stretch to buy in'97. (It took two incomes) We had been vacationing there since we got married in '89 with best friends at their cabin that their family bought in '78. Found a 5-acre parcel with 250' frontage on a 100-acre...

Sad to see it. Was always a good place to stop on the snowmobiles or hang out in summer to listen to music.

Unbelievable Indy!

Squat at my cabin and they will get the pleasure of a Rottweiler with a short fuse and an attitude problem and an armed owner who has not had his distemper shots in many years.

Retreat Bar, Presque Isle, WI.

Been doing it all season, except it has been a consistent BAD dream.

Walked down to the lake yesterday after I posted and saw where cracks and movement had occurred and blew out the ice along some big boulders and a downed log that was in the water along shore. Surface ice was pretty much honeycombed, and I think that maybe it was so loud is because there is no...

Yesterday, late afternoon, early evening, I was out on the deck prepping the grill for a bbq. I heard what sounded like thunder in the distance. I went out towards the lake side of the deck and heard what sounded like an underwater explosion. Scared the hell out of me as after the eruption, I...

So sad to hear this. Realized recently that we have not had to discuss fatalities this season and hoped that would continue.

Just looked at 10 day forecast on my phone trying to determine if we stay in the Northwoods for a while or head back to Chicago. Driveway in Presque Isle getting near mud and by Tuesday the 27th, its 56 degrees. Park Ridge IL. showing 70 degrees on the 27th. As much as I dislike the city, maybe...

About 4" in Presque Isle and snowing lightly at 8am on 2/16.

Lou Malnatis in the Chicago area.

Thanks for scaring me garageguy. :mad:

Abe, the surgeon shocked me when he told me 3-6 months for rehab. That sounds extreme. I'll be 60 next week and I'm not going to physical therapy 3 times a week for months. Living in two states on and off for the year isn't conducive to appointments. I had total knee replacement 3 years ago...

Heading up Friday for a few weeks to enjoy the early mud season....not. I think RP#3 is due the 14th of April. I know you have a Florida trip coming but let's grab a beer next week before you go and complain about the season that wasn't.