Old Retired Guy Blog
July 14 - 21, 2007
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North of the Tension Line (Page 2/4)
Since this was the first time that Andy and Dorothy had been to the island, Kathy and I drove them around and gave them an official tour. If you've never been there and you would like to get an idea of the myriad of things that can be found on Washington Island, take a look at this Washington Island Map.
We finished eating in time to walk down to the shore to catch the sunset. Despite the comments of some naysayers, it turned out to be a pretty good sunset.
Just another day in Paradise! North of the Tension Line |
[July
16, 2007] Now that all of the surprise party stuff is over we can
finally start to do some serious relaxing. Jan, Joe, and Elsie came up
yesterday for the party as did Andy and Dorothy. They all stayed with us
in our luxurious rented vacation home on the north end of the island. That
worked out well and we enjoyed having guests.
Although
island activity isn't highly structured, there are two big things that you can
expect to go on during the week, fishing and eating. Not everyone fishes,
but everyone eats. We had dinner tonight at the Zierten and Clope Manor on
Hemlock Drive. (The name of the road in no way represents the quality of
the food.) The conversation that evening was about Dan Sorensen's lucky
catch of the day. It's only Monday and he already has the bass to beat.
[July
17, 2007] The past couple of mornings we've seen a fox stroll past the
front of the house. That, along with the abundant deer, have been adding a
little touch of nature to the week. All of the talk, however, has been
about the fish. Fishing fever, a close relative of Island Fever, struck
again today. Jan and Joe went out in Mellow Yellow with Dennie and hopes were
high for breaking the 5-pound barrier on smallmouth bass. They had pretty
good luck and Joe came back with a good one. Unfortunately for Joe, it
didn't beat Dan's catch. It should be a good fish fry this year.
Dinner tonight was at Steve and Wendy's cottage; Wendy's friend Reve was also
there. It was steak fry night, but we all started out eating deep fried
chicken wings and drum sticks prepared by one of Atlanta's premier chefs, Uncle
Jim Bob Sustachek. After the various grills were finally lit everyone
tended to their own steak and also shared some pot luck dishes. What a
great meal!
