Deer hunting in WI

Jamie comes from a hunting family, and Wisconsin nicely times their hunting season to be the week before Thanksgiving. So, we headed from Washington back to Wisconsin for Thanksgiving and deer hunting.

Thad gets his own hunters orange vest and hat

Thad and Jamie with the doe Jamie got on opening day Jamie with the buck he also got on day two And what do you do with the deer? Cut it up for eating! The two deer gave over 100lbs of meat (that's JUST the meat-no bones or anything else)!

Visit to the gulf

Our trip south took us through Mississippi ~ so we decided to stretch our legs and dip our toes in the gulf.

Thad's toes first experience the beach!

brrr! this is pretty cold in spite of the sunshine we love the beach!

Tennessee in the fall

Here are a few pictures from our trip through Tennessee, near Elizabethton where Jamie did his flight training. Sure is pretty in the fall!

Thad on his first big hike - doesn't really have the shoes for it!

Thad - sittin' on a ledge

fall road - the leaves were falling as we drove through

a cute covered bridge

Fall in Wisconsin

It was a beautiful fall day here in Wisconsin! Thad and I sat on the front porch of Jamie's parents' house and watched the corn field across the road being harvested. Being a city girl, I keep making comments to Jamie like, "that looks just like a picture"--having grown up around here, he just thinks these sights are normal :)

We're planning to leave on our big trip south and west next week, so we have to enjoy all the pretty sights while we can. Though we are excited that we'll be traveling in the fall, and we'll be able to enjoy all the fall colors as we drive along!

Lake Pepin

On our way home from visiting some folks in Minnesota a couple weeks ago, we were able to drive by the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum in Pepin, Wisconsin. The museum had some items from the time period of the books, and other things.

Jamie & Lisa at Lake Pepin (Thad was sleeping)

I remember reading in the book, Little House in the Big Woods, the Laura was surprised at how big Lake Pepin was...I was surprised too! You drive past it for miles!

Lake Pepin

We also stopped at the "Little House in the Big Woods" Wayside ~ which was just a house that had been built to commemorate the book. There's not much for "Big Woods" anymore, as the land is mostly farmed around there, but it was still neat to see...the house was really small!

Lisa and Thad at the "Little House in the Big Woods" Wayside

And, as we continued on our way home, we drove by this cute little school house, which appears to now be someone's home.

cute schoolhouse in Wisconsin