We were up early on Tuesday morning and had the car loaded and were ready to take off for Mass City, MI by about 8:40am. The worst part of the drive was getting through the city, but the rest was decent, heading to the northeast through many small towns in Wisconsin and arriving at Richard and Carol's getaway by about 4:00pm. We sat around and chatted for a bit and then Carol served up a delicious homemade pizza and salad and I brought Apple Crisp for dessert. And then we talked and talked and talked until almost 11:00.
Richard bought this house as a base for snowmobiling where he and his friends have easy access to the trails - he can leave his yard and access trails without having to tow it somewhere on a trailer. Mass City alone is known for getting an average of 170" of snow each winter and not far north where you get the lake affect from Lake Superior, it can be over 300". He has made many upgrades to the house, a complete modern kitchen, comfy furniture, big screen TV, and the upstairs bedrooms can sleep about 8 people plus a sofa bed in the living room.
On Wednesday, after a tasty breakfast of sausage, egg, and cheese sandwiches on English muffins, we headed north to see Lake Superior. It wasn't long and we could see that the woods were still covered in snow. Many of the small towns are still closed up for the season - they have two - snowmobile and summer - so we weren't able to stop along the way for lunch - all restaurants were closed - perhaps they are open on the weekend.
Again, Carol made a delicious dinner of good old Sheboygan bratwurst, burgers, hard rolls, potato salad, and beans for dinner. And we sat around and talked and talked and talked.
On Thursday morning, we had breakfast, packed up, loaded up, and headed out - working our way toward Wausau, WI where we spent the night at a La Quinta motel. We found a little city park to walk around and then back to the hotel. I was getting a bit crabby because it was a much longer walk than I expected due to getting across busy streets.
We went for a nice dinner at Oliva's at Gulliver's Landing and had a delicious meal. I had a brandy old fashioned - the first in many, many months and it sure tasted good. It also had a strong effect, as I was feeling pretty tipsy when it was time to leave.
