Wyss Vacation '15

It happens every year, the post-vacation blues.  

The Wyss family went to Lake Hamlin this year.   Lake Hamlin is only a few miles from Lake Michigan. So we were able to go boating, and have an awesome beach. 

We had incredible weather all week long.  It was cool in the mornings and evenings but warm enough during the day to spend plenty of time in the sun.  The cool nights were much needed since our resort was pretty rustic and didn't have air conditioning. 

the boat dock

path up from the docks

the boys' cabins were back in the woods a ways

most of the other cabins

Nathan and I shared a cabin with Aaron and Kendra.  The inside:

My roomie for the week :) I think we got along quite well.

I didn't hear any of his crying.

The lodge, an old restaurant, had plenty of room for large meals and evening games. 

The first night we got there we went out to the dunes and the beach.

climbing the dunes

Cecily ran up and down this dune at least 3 times. 

On Sunday,  while killing some time,  a few of us went to walmart for a few things and stopped at what would become the ice cream place of the week.  House of Flavors was wonderful.  They make their own waffle cones right in front of you. 

When the boat arrived, Matt took a few of us out for a tour of the lake. 

 

we saw a beautiful sunset

 The rest of the week was filled with beach going, hiking, swimming, boating, wake boarding, tubing, eating, watching movies, playing games, rousing conversation, and general relaxation.  :)

a day at the beach

tubing

Cecily and Emmy loved Bill, the resident kitty

volleyball on the beach

Sunset on Lake Michigan

A group of us went on a hike to a light house. 

The landscape through the dunes was so odd and yet beautiful

We climbed up to the top to look around.

a look through the porthole

Meals were wonderful, as usual.  My mom served the traditional haystacks.

:)

Matt brought ingredients for pina coladas and coco locos, minus the alcohol of course. 

 

manning the bar

Some of the men spent their mornings and evenings fishing.  They didn't catch much though. 

Ron cleaning the fish

We took an afternoon to tube down a river.

my awesome tube

The boat was out of order in the beginning of the week so it was run pretty much non-stop to make up for it. 

I made it up wake boarding :)

Jenny and Abby took a jet ski ride. 

Emmy enjoying her beans. 

evening relaxing

parachute with the kids

one of many games

Friday, we rented a pontoon boat for grandpa, grandma, and Pearl.  

Dad drove them around.

Emmy fell asleep

We took another ice cream run 

moose tracks

 In the afternoon,  we took the pontoon to the end of the lake to the dunes. 

We anchored the pontoon so we could swim and climb the dunes.

Friday evening, the pack up began. 

We left Saturday morning and made it home that afternoon.

Walking back into the house is so bittersweet.  It's clean, the bed is soft, and I can wear clean clothes,  but vacation is gone.  There is a moment on vacation, when the week is suddenly coming to an end, (waxing all philosophical) I begin to realize that the wonderful time and experiences, are soon to be nothing but memories.  Which is sad. 

Sigh.  I love vacation. 

In Christ

~Michelle