May 2012 Adventures: 3 of 3

Adventure 3 of 3: Namakagon Get Away

As a celebration of graduate school completion and my 29th birthday, we escaped to the north woods for some R&R on Lake Namakagon.

The weather was comfortably cool in the evening- giving us a great excuse to get a cozy fire going in the wood stove.

By day, we were able to enjoy temps warm enough to warrant lazy reading on the dock. It was nice that the boat wasn't in yet as we were able to catch the action in the weeds off the other side of the dock.

There was plenty of nature awakening to spring, including a still-fuzzy fiddle head fern...

Purple-tinted trillium, a sure sign of spring...

 An ice-free view of the point...

 and Warm sunlight at dusk illuminating fresh greens on the forest floor.

We enjoyed some great animal sightings including plenty of baby ducks...

 Swimming right underneath the deck I was laying on...

A coyote enjoying a stroll through our peninsula on the lake while being cautiously chased by...

A noisy fox whose hiccup-like yelps made tracking him much easier.