EAGLE RIVER WI VISIT

 

We spent the last week of July in a Coast To Coast campground at Eagle River WI visiting cousins Martha Rosenthal and Ken and Linda Strong.

Our first night there we found a restaurant  which served smelt, a small fish caught in nets. After deheading and gutting, the rest of the fish is coated in a batter and deep fat fried. I was the only one at the table enjoying the delicacy!

 

 

Cousin Martha took us for a ride on three of the Chain of Lakes in  her pontoon boat, with Cousin Ken, Linda and grandchildren. From left – Linda, Martha, Ken, Alex, Emily, Jo and Ellie. Linda is  at the wheel at Martha’s request  as Martha is recovering from an arm injury.

 

Seagulls like to hang out on channel markers

 

This is one of the larger mansions on the lake.

 

 

At the end of the ride Martha took us up the channel to the dam separating the upper and lower lakes. At left is the boat lift, used instead of locks.

 

 

 

 

When a boat arrives to go to the upper lakes, a rack on the lift (yellow structure on the far right)  is dropped into the water between the posts, the boat is driven in, and it is raised by the lift. The lift proceeds on rails to the upper channel where is is dropped in the water to go up the channel to the next lake.

 

 

Our last night there, the senior citizens got together for dinner at a restaurant, followed by live entertainment.