Devil’s Lake

Devil’s Lake has been on our to-do list for years now.  It’s a beautiful lake surrounded by bluffs.  It’s the closest thing to mountains that you get here in Wisconsin.  We finally got around to going at the end of last month.  It was so much fun! We talked some friends into joining us. I can’t believe we waited so long.  We’ll definitely do it again.  Hopefully next time it won’t rain as much…

The highlight of the weekend was the hike that we went on.  We went thinking it would be an easy “one boot” hike (our guide book rates them from one-four boots depending on how hard they are).  Anyways, turns out that we ended up on a four boot hike.  We went through some super steep spots and a few spots where I was sure someone was going over the edge.  But these kids were serious troopers and even though we were all exhausted by the end, we were all glad we did it! 

This was at the beginning when the kids were voluntarily climbing the rocks.  Little did they know that soon this would be the trail…  And no, we didn’t have more kids, we had friends with us.  Friends who will probably never go camping with us again. 

This was where it started getting scary.  It made us a little nervous to look back and see Mike with Adam on his back.  One wrong step and they both would have fallen backwards down the trail.  Adam had no idea the danger he was in and just enjoyed the ride.  This my friends is one of the reasons I love Wisconsin.  They may have mountains in Utah, but they’ve got nothing on this greenery.  It’s amazing.  This is Devil’s doorway.  Some crazies (Paulina) were climbing through the hole right above my head and getting pictures inside of the doorway.     My kids were doing enough crazy climbing on their own.  They may be part mountain goat.    The kids were completely wiped out at the end of the hike.  Poor Sammy couldn’t even make it into the car. 

Other than this hike, there were lots of pancakes, s’mores, mosquitoes, yummy dinners, rain storms, muddy shoes and daddy long legs.  All in all a successful camping trip in my book!  Although our friends may disagree.