{"id":2346,"date":"2017-08-28T21:21:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T04:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2017-08-28T21:21:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T04:21:35","slug":"lake-of-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/28\/lake-of-the-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake of the Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Yellowstone we headed west across Idaho, stopping to visit our old IBEX friends Randy and Phyllis at their home near Boise. On our westward trek in 2009, we visited them at their mountain cabin, and this time they hosted us in their home near the church where Randy pastors. We had a wonderful visit with them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170620106kb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2348\" src=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170620106kb-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170620106kb-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170620106kb-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170620106kb-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170620106kb-1-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170620106kb-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We then continued our drive to southern Oregon, arriving after dark at a campsite at Lake of the Woods. My parents were already set up and my brother&#8217;s family came in the next day. For some reason, most likely laziness, I don&#8217;t seem to have taken my camera out of the bag the entire time. Fortunately Kelli took a whole raft of photos, and the ones below are from her camera.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of our camping this year seemed to be hammocks, as the kids spent a lot of time <del>resting<\/del> playing in them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621126kb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2349\" src=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621126kb-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621126kb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621126kb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621126kb-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621126kb-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621126kb.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s Mark hanging upside down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621149kb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2350\" src=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621149kb-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621149kb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621149kb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621149kb-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621149kb-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621149kb.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those trying to keep count, there were 9 cousins on hand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622205kb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2351\" src=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622205kb-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622205kb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622205kb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622205kb-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622205kb-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622205kb.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We ate really well. I didn&#8217;t do any of the cooking. One of those sentences is unnecessary. A cousin celebrated his birthday with cupcakes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621184kb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2352\" src=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621184kb-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621184kb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621184kb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621184kb-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621184kb-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170621184kb.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These two have the best times together. They&#8217;re essentially inseparable, and one of the reasons we&#8217;ve worked hard for our families to spend time together each summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622218kb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2353\" src=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622218kb-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622218kb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622218kb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622218kb-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622218kb-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622218kb.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bethany is good with kids, including her youngest cousin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622213kb-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2357\" src=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622213kb-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622213kb-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622213kb-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622213kb-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622213kb-3-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622213kb-3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After driving thousands of miles, I think my chief contribution to the campout was eating and reading.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622225kb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2358\" src=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622225kb-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622225kb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622225kb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622225kb-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622225kb-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622225kb.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The kids went out to the water, but it was cold enough that they didn&#8217;t stay in for long.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622246kb-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2361\" src=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622246kb-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622246kb-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622246kb-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622246kb-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622246kb-2-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622246kb-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622253kb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2363\" src=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622253kb-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622253kb-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622253kb-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622253kb-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622253kb-1-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622253kb-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a final one of more of our crew gathered around the campfire. Everyone had a great time!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622264kb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2364\" src=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622264kb-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622264kb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622264kb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622264kb-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622264kb-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170622264kb.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Yellowstone we headed west across Idaho, stopping to visit our old IBEX friends Randy and Phyllis at their home near Boise. On our westward trek in 2009, we visited them at their mountain cabin, and this time they hosted us in their home near the church where Randy pastors. We had a wonderful visit\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/28\/lake-of-the-woods\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}