Dog days

What better way to spend a sticky 90 degree day than taking your kids to a good old swimming pond! Goodbye to the pricey water slides and fancy sprayers at the pools, and hello to fish, snails and spring-fed plants!  I enjoyed the view and thought back to my childhood, remembering how fearless I was of the murky bottom of the local lake.  How great to see my boys loving every squish of the sand between their toes!  Photo taken at Sandy Knoll Park here in West Bend, WI.

Now THAT'S a climbing tree!

When was the last time YOU climbed a tree? Our boys enjoy spending time playing on this grand jungle gym on our property outside Princeton.  Me? I like to watch from the ground!

Bridge over the river

One last admiring look at the Mecan River from the old bridge....

Success!

Matt displaying his chosen prize from the cache, which proved to be his toughest find yet due to his size vs. the height of the brush!

Spectacular view of the Mecan River!

This stretch of the Mecan River winds through the Germania Marsh, and after finding our cache we stopped a while to take it all in....

Ben watching Mecan River

Ben was waiting patiently while I found my bearings to locate a cache.