Our last hurrah in Sheboygan, Wi

its been a while since I blogged. had wayyyy to much to do. still kinda busy but figured I'd better keep some notes for the memories when we leave.

Sept/Oct, after I got back from the UK, was a mad scramble. Had to complete manuscripts, book accomodations for fishing in wisonsin, finish off experiments in the lab and getting some nitty gritty things sorted. which reminds me, I have to complete Fly's documents for quarantine for Jan next year, else she won;t get a space at the station. Spore's quarantine is rather archaic.. poor dog has to spend 1 month in the shack, get multiple shots, just to prove she's ok to live in Spore. Rabies is still a concern in the US, hence the laws... poor Fly..

anyways, this was our last salmon season for the year and perhaps for the rest of our stay in the US. So we totally "pia" and weekends and headed to wisconsin as often as we could. weather willing of course.

last weekend of sept o6 was crazy... the salmon run had started and we got ourselves into some pretty good fishing. brought home more than 10 big ones, which is really a good haul. stayed at a nice resort after I spotted a deal online. the place is called blue harbour. see pic.

its a new conference centre/hotel in the sheboygan, wisconsin area. the rooms always went for at least 200 USD a nite, so vince and I never bothered to book. well, their water park was closed for maintenence, so they chopped rates for 1 week. I chanced upon a 79USD a nite offer for a Jacuzzi Fireplace room normally at 379 a nite. wow! I just love good bargains. the room had a lake view, the fishing was good, weather cooperated and we totally had a blast.

we went back to sheboygan again 2 weeks later to make the most of the salmon run. didn't catch so much this time around. caught 2 coho salmon as opposed to the king salmon the trip previously. waves were high at 6-8 ft. in our little boat... we got pretty sick quick. took some last photos of good ol' sheboygan... BYE.... we won;t be seeing you again next year but thanks for the solid fishing experiences and wendy's burger dinner memories.. :o)

so we cut short that trip and headed to Lake Wisconsin, which is a big lake smack in the centre of "duh" Wisconsin. its big enough to have a ferry crossing through it. we queued for 1/2 hour at the crossing (we could not find a boat launch nearby to launch our boat and drive across), where I got really sian... silly thing is, the boat launch was just 10 min drive away... sheesh.. but here's a pict of the ferry crossing anyway, only 15 cars max can get on at any point in time. so in the weekends, it can get kinda crowded. but its a tradition that apparently goes way back to 1890s.

spent a while pottering on that lake before having a really good fish fry at Fitz's on the lake. raced home and got to bed by 1am!

still shacked.