Another family vacation spent in the great white up, also known as Canada.  My wife’s family has a cottage on an island in a certain lake up there.  We go up every year for a spell of relaxation which does not include computers, cellphones, the internet, or TV.   What little news received is often gleaned from brief trips in the car listening to the ray-dee-oh, or from neighbors stopping by.  To pass the time, we often interact with the children, read books, swim, canoe, hike, etc.  I can say I didn’t miss being so called “connected” at all.

This year, I spent a considerable amount of time working on a new dock.  The old dock had disintegrated to a nearly useless and unsafe state.  Since the cottage can only be accessed by boat, the dock is an important feature.  The new dock is a beauty, 28 feet long with a floating T section on the end.  I will do a post on the dock as soon as I get the pictures.

In the mean time, there are a few things here at home that are truely nice; such as sleeping without mosquitos, drinking tap water, taking a shower in a real bath tub, the ceiling fan, walking out to the car to get something, etc.

There is no place like home.

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