Back to the Boot!

We delayed our early start to wait out the pending rain but we were all hooked up with the new 3-bunked mobile cabin and eager to get going.  It was time to get back to the Nicolet and spend some quality family time and continue the traditions of Boot Lake.   Wednesday night was a little rainy, but that gave us some time for checkers matches and quality time inside the new ride.  Sophia even found enough room to pace around until she hit 10000 steps on her pedometer.  A big breakfast was postponed skipped by Amy and I as we decided to pack up and move a couple of sites down the road to a much nicer campsite.  The move was only an hour and gave us a great campsite with enough room for Kubb.  After the move it was decided that the ever anticipated trip to the candy store was already overdue.  The kids loaded up all things sweet and a couple packs of candy cigarettes as well.  A quick run across the street to the bait shop also rewarded us with a box of worms for a little bobber fishing.  The older girls had already done plenty of planning and a day of shopping for this years theme night.  They had organized several games, like bago, ball toss and badminton bounce and rounded the prize winning games off with a big beach ball pinata.  There was plenty of sugar for everyone.  Campfires and smores round out the evenings and days were spent in the water.  The kids were fortunate enough for more than a hour of tubbing in which Amy and Ella were the only ones to get dumped.  We also made our way over to Fanny lake for a short hike and some snorkeling.  Grace snorkels like a duck.  With their life jackets on for bouancy it was hard to free dive deeper.  Grace had her ducktail high in the air as she pushed her goggled face deeper into the glacial lake.  A hike to the far side of the Fanny to check out a remote campsite and plan for the future rounded out a great way to take in some sunshine.  The kids spent multiple hours constructing fairy houses from materials scavenged in from the woods.  I am not completely sure but apparently it was inspired by cupcake wars or maybe cakeboss or iron kitchen...whatever the inspiration they seemed to have plenty of fun doing it.  Grace was rudely awaken followed by the rest of us as Sophia got sick in the bunk.  It was dark and we were wholely unprepared for such an occurrence.  It was decided to load up all the sleeping bags, bunk mattress and head back to town for a night of laundry.  We made it back in time for breakfast the next morning.   There was plenty of time for slingshooting rocks at beer cans, whittling and firestarting.  Sophia and Ella gave dutch oven cooking a try and made a great struessel to accompany some bacon and eggs all made over the open fire.  Just a great place and we hated to leave it.