--The Wisconsin Chat-- (Rhinelander, Eagle, Rhine: how much, living, restaurants)

[gallon]

Au revoir Josh. We'll manage somehow. Take good pictures.

[LML]

Originally Posted by karfar

OH MY GOD!!!! I have all of the books in the series & my mom is getting the author to sign the new book for us! I LOVE Ray & Doc Osborne & Lew & all the others. Wow, I thought only my mom & I knew about those books, thanks for bringing them up!

I actually met the author at a book signing at "Booked for Murder", a book store in Madison. She is really a nice person and talked to us for quite awhile. Very cool. I've had a chance to meet so many of my favorite authors at the various mystery writer book signings and conventions in Madison. Makes reading their books even more enjoyable. By the way, there were quite a lot of people at Victoria's book signing so I guess we aren't the only ones who appreciate her books.

[JoshB]

Well guys I'm back and I took quite a few pictures. The unfortunate thing is I never did make it to Minocqua. We stayed primarily in the Rhinelander area. We spent lots of time on the boat so I didn't get to visit as many lakes as I had intended. I still have some cool shots I will share on the Wisconsin photo sticky.

Josh

[crazyme4878]

Welcome back! We just took a vacation, too. Fortunately/unfortunately, it was in NM. But at least it was cooler and was covered in pine forests, so I could pretend I was in northern WI!

[JoshB]

Originally Posted by crazyme4878

Welcome back! We just took a vacation, too. Fortunately/unfortunately, it was in NM. But at least it was cooler and was covered in pine forests, so I could pretend I was in northern WI!

You just have to use your imagination right? lol Glad you were able to enjoy a vacation, in this day and age if you can fit in a vacation your talented.

So what did everyone else do this weekend?

[MidwesternBookWorm]

Originally Posted by JoshB

So what did everyone else do this weekend?

This is the first weekend I've actually had two days off in quite a while (mid-June to mid-August is my busiest season at work) so my time has been split between tackling the backlog of housework that hasn't been done for the past 6 weeks or so, and napping. The fridge is cleaned out, bathroom is clean, I'm getting caught up on the laundry, and I hope to get a bit of weeding done in the front garden beds if the rains hold off.

[JoshB]

Originally Posted by MidwesternBookWorm

This is the first weekend I've actually had two days off in quite a while (mid-June to mid-August is my busiest season at work) so my time has been split between tackling the backlog of housework that hasn't been done for the past 6 weeks or so, and napping. The fridge is cleaned out, bathroom is clean, I'm getting caught up on the laundry, and I hope to get a bit of weeding done in the front garden beds if the rains hold off.

Glad to see you enjoyed the weekend, kinda.lol Now if you can just have a nice relaxing Sunday right?

[crazyme4878]

Originally Posted by JoshB

You just have to use your imagination right? lol Glad you were able to enjoy a vacation, in this day and age if you can fit in a vacation your talented.

My husband works four days/off three days, so we are lucky that it is pretty easy--just take an extra day off and poof! you have a four-day vacation! The only bad part is that he is in the Forest Service, currently managing the campgrounds around here. So we have to travel a little to go camping, or else its just like another work day for him!

[everwinter]

Originally Posted by crazyme4878

Fortunately/unfortunately, it was in NM. But at least it was cooler and was covered in pine forests, so I could pretend I was in northern WI!

Where at in New Mexico? I lived in New Mexico last winter & I'm thinking of possibly heading back this winter.

[crazyme4878]

We were camping in Cloudcroft, in the Sacramento Mountains. That is right above Alamogordo, or about 80 miles (I'm guessing) north of El Paso for those not aquainted with NM. It is at 8,500 feet, so it was heaven compared to southern Arizona! There is a job coming up there, so we were investigating as well as vacationing. Where did you spend last winter?