I'm a chionophile. There, I said it. I'm a lover of all things winter including snow and ice. Makes sense when you've been born and raised in Wisconsin where we have, in my humble opinion, some of the prettiest scenery in the country. When Mother Nature sprinkles a little snow all over that scenery...magical!
We had a short school week last week and seeing as our weekend was going to be a day longer, we decided to venture to the Northwoods for a stay in St. Germain with my parents at their lake house. We had lots of fun family plans for the weekend and what a great stay we had.
The boys have really been into ice fishing this season spending quite a bit of time on Dutch Hollow and Lake Redstone in our neck of the woods. Seeing as we were going to be right on the water this weekend, the sled was packed with all of their gear and they spent quite a bit of time on the ice. From early morning escapades to late afternoon sits, they were on Little St. Germain watching tip ups and jigging for whatever they could catch. Perch seemed to be the catch of the weekend. Brock caught a few nice ones and has enough for a single meal for himself some night. It's always nice to be able to bring some fish home.
Their spot for the weekend
Coming back in
The highlight of the weekend for me was the candlelight event at the Awassa Trails in St. Germain. This has been an event on my Bucket List since hearing of it a few years ago. It has never worked out in our schedule to go until this year and oh, it was so worth it. There were over 600 luminaries lighting our way around the trail and they were just stunning to see. As Kris and I made our way around the trail, we heard owls calling in the trees and it was so neat. It was peaceful there in the woods hiking in the candlelight and just being together. The weather was perfect with temps having been in the mid-30s that day and we couldn't have asked for a more magical evening.
The love of my life and my hiking buddy
Walking into the trailhead
Beautiful ice snowflakes on the trees
One of the 600 luminaries
A beautiful area set up in the woods
We haven't gotten away as a family since our summer vacation in June 2022 to the same locale and it was so nice to get up there in another season, probably my favorite time to be in St. Germain, and experience some of the fun winter activities in the area. Our family loves to be home but it was oh, so good to get away this past weekend to rest, recharge and spend some much-needed family time together.
Until our next adventure...
