Land O Lakes, WI - '08

This past week end we were lucky enough to be invited to share in some Kaji vacation time. We packed up our van with two of the three Kaji kids (& our family) while the Kaji van had mom & dad (Eugene & Jining), Eugene's brother, Ken from Phili, Jining's mom & dad (Ranee (Ama) and Tom (Agon)), and Baby Joey! Four and a half to five hours later and much north, we arrived in Land O Lakes, WI (supposedly where the butter is from - although we saw no evidence of this during our stay). We stayed at the Sunrise Lodge Resort. There is no actual hotel. We each had our own little cabins (or huts as I liked to call ours). We had one bedroom with 2 double beds a bathroom and living area with full kitchen and living space (complete with fire place). One might not think a fire place would come in handle in July, but in Northern WI - it did. Our "hut" was right on the lake. This place made our beach house on Leetz Island in CT look large!




This is the view from our porch.









The Kaji's had more of the Executive Hut. Three bedrooms, 2 baths, much larger living area and kitchen .... But, we all had plenty of space. This resort was just amazing. It had everything you could think of doing if you were a kid. And it was all included!! Play grounds, mini golf, shuffle board, basket ball, tennis, soccer, softball, volleyball, capture the flag, fishing, swimming, boating, bicycles and trails, pool tables, air hockey, library, scavenger and treasure hunts, pizza and cookie making, water balloon volleyball, movie night with popcorn, cook outs with s'mores and ghost stories, bingo, canoeing, hiking and crafts (just to name a few).

The Kaji's rented a jet ski and a pontoon boat so the Learish's got to partake in that fun as well. They also had skies and a tube. No one really knows how much horse power the jet ski had, but it got me up on a slalom ski, Eugene on two skies and pulled the kids on the tub!! The pontoon came in very handy for fishing and tooling around the lake.

Sunday ended up being a bit colder then we anticipated (50's). So, a trip into town was needed. I forgot the name of the store we found but we were able to get what we needed. We also found a horseback riding place and went for a 30+ minute trail ride.

This place was like luxury camping! It was great letting the kids just run around outside. There was just no end to all the fun they could have.

Moving on to one of my favorite topics ... food. You could do an all inclusive deal and have all your meals paid for or just order off the menu. Every meal was just amazing. Obviously many fish dishes were always offered. Steaks, chops and pasta. Soup, salads, home made breads and bakery. I honestly think I gained about 5 pounds in the three days we were there. For sure we will go back and hopefully stay longer.

Click the link to see a slide show of Land O Lakes, WI.

Slide show of Land O Lakes

Click the link to see a slide show of Kaji - Land O Lakes, WI.

Slide show of Kaji - Land O Lakes

The kids spent hours looking for "stuff". They found minnows, snails, leaches and frogs ... They had little nets and buckets and just kept adding more stuff to them.

Eugene built a fire every night we were there. The kids spent all their time searching for pine cones and whatever else they could collect to toss in the fire. We made s'mores. This is a photo of the group minus Jining's folks who had already retired for the evening.

Tom really enjoys fishing. So, they hired a fishing guide and went out Sunday morning. Randy and Chris got to go along with Ken and Tom. They all had such a great time. 58 fish caught in all. We even had the resort cook some up for lunch that very day!