We just finished up on 2 weeks vacation. And it was an interesting vacation. It all started way back on June 26^th. On the 27^th it was a cloudy day I decided to remove the not to code electrical going to the boat house. And Susan was cleaning house. 

My Dad put in a 220VAC circuit to the boat house for a lake water pump they used to water the grass. I am not using it and was not to code. I had already disconnected everything at the boat house end. All I had to do is disconnect it the circuit breaker panel. I hate working inside of electrical panels too many things can go wrong. But it had to be done. I was being very careful, all I could think of was accidently knocking out the power to the TV and Susan would miss part of her favorite cooking show.

Carefully I disconnected the wires to the circuit breaker. Move the wires out of the way. Then I pulled out the circuit breaker. Suddenly I heard Susan scream “JOE!”. My first thought was not I have done it, I have disrupted Bobby Flay. Then Susan screamed “Oh My God! It won’t stop!” Then I knew it was something serious. I thought the Cats were having a huge fight. I ran in to the house. The first thing I asked, “Where is Riley?” Susan said “I don’t know, but my Defibrillator went off.

Susan said she got very dizzy. Then her Defibrillator shocked her. It went off 2 more time while I was there. Susan if fine, her heart went into Ventricular tachycardia or V-tach. I rushed her to the Emergency room and all was fine.

I always joke around with Susan that I could shock her heart using 220 and a couple of metal spatulas. And here I am disconnecting a 200 circuit and Susan’s Defibrillator went off. What are the odds?

We spent the next several days visiting various hospitals. Susan did get to see some nice quilts at the Hospital in Weston, Wisconsin. And I was able to by a new chain saw in Wausau, highlight of the trip.

We did go to the Apostle Islands, 2 hours north of Domek Lesny. We took a 3 hour cruise and tour of the Apostle Islands. The tour leaves from Bayfield, Wi and circles around the Islands. And they tell you facts about the islands. Below are some images from the trip.

And there are no Devils on Devil's Island. In fact it is the most northern part of Wiscsonsin. No I can se I have been to Furthest North, South, East and West parts of Wisconsin.

And we did see a rare Lake Superior Sea Lion laying on hist back sunning himself.



OK. I had to throw a picture of Riley in there. 

Because of my recent back issues I had to stand up during the tour. But only for a few minutes and only once.  And I stood up when there was nothing to see (just water). I went to the end of our row and leaned against the rail. When this not so nice old lady to row up asked me to move or sit down because I was blocking her view. I was standing  behind her and 2 rows back. My Answer was, NO!. I even moved up to block her view. What is she going to do? Have me thrown off the boat?  And the only thing I was blocking was the view of Lake Superior, Canada was 300 miles away so you could not see that. I am glad we did not get ship wrecked.

Back at our home away from home. I did some bike riding. We made a few trips to town. Traffic was really bad. So I would take the back roads to get back home.  The back roads are fun because you get to see the wild life. We saw a couple of huge Wild Turkeys. And there was young Deer standing on the road. He was a young buck, just getting his antlers. He stood in the middle of the road and put his head down like he was going to charge the car. But he didn’t. I was able to drive past with no trouble. I guess that is what I get for not sitting down for that old lady on the boat.

I did get some fishing in. One morning I caught a very Large Small Mouth Bass. But he broke the line and I thought I lost my Favorite fishing lure, the “Jitterbug”. But shortly after breaking the line the fish spit the lure out and I was able to retrieve it.

I did go out on the boat one morning and fish. I caught a very Large Large mouth Bass (on the Jitterbug). It took me 10 minutes to real it in. And I did land it. It was much larger that the Bass that my Dad had on the Wall. I was going to keep the Bass and have it mounted. Then I remembered Susan does not like seeing my Bass hanging on the wall. So I threw my Bass back.

I did some work around the house too. I finished up the boat house. Then on my birthday I decided to tear out a clothes closet that my Dad put in the garage. A clothes closet does not belong in the garage. I removed it in about 3 hours. Which lead me to rewiring the garage. The rewiring took my 8 hours. But now it is all up to code. Which leads to the next project; Dry walling the ceiling in the garage. That will take me a while.

Enjoy some photos from the Lake.



Joe