Weekend #2

Mark and I had a really nice Memorial Day Weekend.

Saturday we got up early and went to the Farmer's Market (of course). It was a quick trip though because we wanted to go to Britta's frisbee game. She and my other friend Fernando were in the National Championships for ultimate frisbee which just so happened to be in Madison! Mark and I got to watch part of Britta and Fernando's games. It was really fun. After that we had to get some chores done before heading up to Camp Balsams. So we did laundry and went grocery shopping and then we were on our way!

Camp Balsams is in Eagle River which is about 4 hours north of Madison and in a part of the state that Wisconsinites and actually a lot of midwesterners would label "up north." As in, "We're going up north for the weekend." This was my first experience up north. Camp Balsams is owned by Mark's parents' church. His Dad is the head of the Camp Balsams Committee. Memorial Day is opening weekend so a group of people go up and get things ready for the summer (when the cabins are rented out to church members). We got there Saturday night just in time for dinner. Mark gave me a tour around the Camp and we also went canoeing. The next day we got up and went kayaking. Then Mark did some work around camp cutting trees. We helped put in a pier and then went and had a picnic lunch by a dam. It was a super super windy day. A lot of the work had been done the previous day so there really wasn't much for us to do, but hang out and relax. After lunch we went swimming and took a nap. That evening it rained. You could see the rain coming across the lake and it was really cozy to be inside the little log cabin as it poured outside. Mark and I played Rummikub (which is a board game similar to rummy).

Monday we went for a bike ride around the lake. Mark cut some more trees. Then we had lunch, went for a quick canoe trip and then we headed back to Madison. It was a really nice weekend. Exactly what we both needed before finishing up the last two weeks of work.