Gary plans on buying a house somewhere in these beloved north woods so we've begun to look around at property. Last week, it was a house near Armstrong Creek. I didn't like the location, which would have us forty minutes from the nearest medical care. We are getting too old not to think about things like that. The house needed too many repairs, too.
Today, he was searching the Internet for possibilities and ran across a house that looked very interesting. It was near Iron River, Michigan, so we drove over to take a look. It was an almost new three bedroom, two bathroom house set in five acres of a wooded area. It is only ten minutes from a modern hospital. I was worried about living in Tea Party Central with no intelligent people around, but he pointed out that the Democrats have an office in downtown Iron River. About a quarter of a mile away there is a massage therapist. Gary thought I might like weekly massages. That sounded fine to me!
There was only one problem and that was insurmountable. This bargain of a house was going into a foreclosure auction. Gary would have to make up his mind and have the required cash transferred to his checking account by Friday if he wanted the house. That was too much pressure for him and I agreed. We'll keep looking. We want to have the new house by next summer and my house in Seymour sold by 2015. No hurry there, he has to clean out all of his junk, aka stuff, aka treasures.
On our way home from Iron River, we decided to take a look at Stevens Lake Campground. It might be the only campground in the Nicolet National Forest we've neglected to check out. It is the smallest campground, with only six sites. Four of them only would allow tent camping but two of them would hold our big camper. We are now thinking of trying it out for a week or two yet this fall before we move on to Lake Ottawa.
We've been looking at our "Sites to See" in the Nicolet National Forest. There are still places we've missed from migratory flowages to the Mountain Fire Tower. We'll start checking those off.
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Gary and I took our flashlights last night and worked our way to the edge of the lake to watch the Perseid meteor showers. With no moon in site, the heavens showed themselves in all their glory. The Milky Way was perfectly revealed as could be without the Hubble telescope. We sat on lawn chairs and decided we would not leave until we each had seen ten shooting stars. Gary caught the first two almost immediately. Then I had one. The night was getting colder. I suggested that we leave when we each had seen five shooting stars. We waited another five minutes. He saw another. We were both shivering.
I suggested we leave when we both had seen two shooting stars. At that moment a nice one went overhead with a tail. We got up, worked our way back up the slope, went into the camper and went to bed.
In our defense: we have seen the meteor showers plenty of times; it really was cold, and we are getting old.
Today, he was searching the Internet for possibilities and ran across a house that looked very interesting. It was near Iron River, Michigan, so we drove over to take a look. It was an almost new three bedroom, two bathroom house set in five acres of a wooded area. It is only ten minutes from a modern hospital. I was worried about living in Tea Party Central with no intelligent people around, but he pointed out that the Democrats have an office in downtown Iron River. About a quarter of a mile away there is a massage therapist. Gary thought I might like weekly massages. That sounded fine to me!
There was only one problem and that was insurmountable. This bargain of a house was going into a foreclosure auction. Gary would have to make up his mind and have the required cash transferred to his checking account by Friday if he wanted the house. That was too much pressure for him and I agreed. We'll keep looking. We want to have the new house by next summer and my house in Seymour sold by 2015. No hurry there, he has to clean out all of his junk, aka stuff, aka treasures.
On our way home from Iron River, we decided to take a look at Stevens Lake Campground. It might be the only campground in the Nicolet National Forest we've neglected to check out. It is the smallest campground, with only six sites. Four of them only would allow tent camping but two of them would hold our big camper. We are now thinking of trying it out for a week or two yet this fall before we move on to Lake Ottawa.
We've been looking at our "Sites to See" in the Nicolet National Forest. There are still places we've missed from migratory flowages to the Mountain Fire Tower. We'll start checking those off.
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Gary and I took our flashlights last night and worked our way to the edge of the lake to watch the Perseid meteor showers. With no moon in site, the heavens showed themselves in all their glory. The Milky Way was perfectly revealed as could be without the Hubble telescope. We sat on lawn chairs and decided we would not leave until we each had seen ten shooting stars. Gary caught the first two almost immediately. Then I had one. The night was getting colder. I suggested that we leave when we each had seen five shooting stars. We waited another five minutes. He saw another. We were both shivering.
I suggested we leave when we both had seen two shooting stars. At that moment a nice one went overhead with a tail. We got up, worked our way back up the slope, went into the camper and went to bed.
In our defense: we have seen the meteor showers plenty of times; it really was cold, and we are getting old.
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