Back to the Real World

and all of its humidity. Emily and I had a great time on Madeline Island, for four nights, and then in Bayfield for two.


While on Madeline Island we were in a sort of news and time vaccuum, which was great. We stayed in a private lodge (pictured below) at the Woods Manor, complete with a deck, a porch, and a bear skin on the wall.

Oh yeah, and we also had our own personal hot tub. The cool thing about the hot tub is it was supplied with well water (which happened to smell like sulphur) and the hot water heater in our cabin was good for maybe five minutes of hot water. So after filling up the tub for the requisite twenty minutes, we were left with a tub full of ice cold water that smelled like rotten eggs. Real fucking romatic. Needless to say, save for the five seconds when I dipped my foot in the water and said, "This sucks," the hot tub did not get any use.

But we did have a great time at the Woods Manor and on Madeline Island. I read three books, played a lot of tennis, and of course explored the area. Time really stands still there. Everyone rides bikes or walks everywhere and there isn't even the scent of newsprint, let alone a TV on the island.

But the highlight for me was when we took a boat to Sand Island. The shoreline was beautiful and the lighthouse and all of its history was all an added bonus.




Our honeymoon is also very historic in that it is likely the first honeymoon where the newlyweds slept in separate beds. For the last two nights, while we were in Bayfield (we stayed at The Bayfield Inn), we had a room with two double beds. Seeing as how Emily and I aren't exactly midgets, we knew we wouldn't be comforatable enough to sleep in the same bed. Also, cable TV is a novelty to us, and we hadn't seen or heard any news in days, so I was glued to CNN and SportsCenter (Emily preferred the shows Trading Spaces and some make-over show).

So there we were, on our honeymoon, self-sequestered in separate beds watching the news. It was pretty funny, but I don't know how romantic it was. I consider it practice for when we're a couple of blue hairs. Even so, we loved the Bayfield Inn, with its deck restaurant and views of Lake Superior. And we also liked that we didn't smell like sulphur after taking a shower.


Anyway, this is a sort-of overview of our trip. I'll add more details as time goes on. Now I'm off to help clean up the mess we left behind in the wake of the wedding and all of its awesome gifts. It looks like a tornado of Crate and Barrel boxes hit our house while we were gone. There's certainly worse problems to have.