Where I was last weekend

[RetroLounge]

I spent a couple of days in Green Lake, WI., relaxing and doing not much of anything but eating, napping, drinking coffee, and a few short stints at a WiFi cafe checking out the lounge. I go up there twice a year with a large group of guys, mostly from the Milwwaukee area, and we rent 2 buildings from the American Baptist Assembly, which has 1000's of acres on the lake.

http://www.glcc.org/Green%20Lake%20Story.htm

Green Lake:

237 ft. deep (Deepest natural inland lake in Wisconsin)
100 ft. average depth
27.3 miles of shoreline
796' Elevation
7.3 miles long
2 miles wide
11.5 sq. miles
7,325 acres surface area
95% spring fed
Empties into Fox River through Puckyan River
Principle inlet is Silver Creek
Indian name is Day Cho Lah
Trophy size fish are: Trout, Northern, Walleye, Bass, & Perch

It is absolutely gorgeous up there.











RL

[bigwillq]

1. What great pics RL!

Looks like a very beautiful place.

:hi:

[bridgit]

2. sounds lovely, great pics too...

:hi:

[miss_american_pie]

3. Fishing?

;) :hi:

[RetroLounge]

9. No fishing this time...

:D

(insert fishing metaphor or pun here...)

:hi:

RL

[miss_american_pie]

12. Hmmm....

Something about fish in the sea, fish or cut bait, hooks lines and sinkers...

Yep, that's all I've got. :D :hi:

[RetroLounge]

13. Don't forget Catch and Release

:hi:

RL

[RebelOne]

21. Yup, catch and release. The way to go.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear RetroLounge..........

Those are such beautiful pics!

Sounds like you had a lovely weekend.......good for you!

Welcome back.......:hug:

[mwdem]

5. Beautiful, RL! I've been to Eagle Rock Lake once,

and I loved it. Beautiful country in Wisconsin, if I must say.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. That IS a very nice place! I've stayed there a number of times,

and played the golf course once.

I love Green Lake (the lake). Done a lot of sailing on that lake, too!

And it's no longer the Baptist Assembly grounds, it's the Green Lake Conference Center - though it's still owned by the Baptists, and they STILL don't allow alcohol, the fucks.

Of course, I took alcohol anyway. :-)

In my youth, that's where the Wisconsin Conference UCC had their Spring Youth Events. I was even there this summer for a couple days!

[reyd reid reed]

7. Oh, wow

That sounds idyllic...and the pictures bear it out. Next time, come pick me up on the way, 'kay? I can even bait hooks.

Not that I want to...but a gal's gotta earn her keep, after all. I can also drink coffee, nap, go for walks and relax.

I think.

[RetroLounge]

11. come pick me up on the way

That is an offer I WILL take you up on someday...

:hug:

RL

[lizziegrace]

8. Wow RL

Beautiful. :hug:

I'm glad you got a chance to get away.

[RetroLounge]

15. Yes, it was rather nice...

:hi:

RL

[lizziegrace]

16. ...

:hug:


:pals:

[av8rdave]

10. Thanks for posting - great pics!

[mzteris]

14. Way better than

Green Lake in North Carolina . . . where we went cabin camping once. The lake wasn't GREEN, it wasn't even a LAKE! It was a big "pond" that was muddy red. We took my (then 16 yo) daughter's boyfriend with us. The cabin was tiny (and dirty) & only one tiny bedroom.

To top it all off - there was a really really BAD Elvis impersonator (chubby/flashy elvis) who started singing to my daughter and put a red scarf around her neck at the cantina. She was SOOOOOO embarrassed! I was kinda hoping my daughter would marry that kid just so we could surprise her with an Elvis impersonator at their wedding. (Besides, that kid was a lot better than the guy she's dating now. . . sigh)


Anyway - thanks for posting that. We're living in Madison now and would probably have never gone to someplace named Green Lake ever again otherwise. It looks great.

[malta blue]

RL

I LOVE Green Lake. I went to college about 8 miles from there and spent many beautiful days there!

Thanks for sharing the pictures - they brough back incredible memories.

MB

[RetroLounge]

19. You went to Ripon College?

:hi:

RL

[malta blue]

20. yup

I graduated in 1991...are you a riponite as well?

[RetroLounge]

22. No, I have friends who went there...

I just go for the Ripon-good cookies...

RL

[malta blue]

23. the cookies...

I haven't heard mention of the cookies in years...

:rofl:

Are they still tasty?

[RetroLounge]

24. They're the best!

:9

RL

[malta blue]

17. dupe - delete

[Ptah]

18. I can see that you are a man that knows how to get out of town.

Thanks for taking me along.

:hi: