By Tony Farrell on August 25, 2011
Hillery and I are watching the sunset at our final night on our Rock Island camping trip, long after the day trippers already caught the last Karfi ferry trip off the island. Our boys are playing on the rocks while the sun is passing down below the horizon on this absolutely gorgeous evening. We stayed [...]
Posted in Adventures, Camping, Door County Wisconsin, Rock Island, Videos | Tagged Hillery Farrell, Karfi ferry, Rock Island State Park, Sunsets, Tony Farrell, Videos
By Tony Farrell on August 22, 2011
Hillery is watching a 12 foot tall bon fire at the Fyr Ball Festival in Ephraim, Wisconsin, in the northern part of Door County. There were eight or so fires lit around the bay which signify celebrating the end of the cold season, thereby burning the excess firewood. I was wondering why everyone was calling it [...]
Posted in Adventures, Camping, Door County Wisconsin, Newport State Park, Videos | Tagged Door County, Ephraim, Fathers Day, Festivals, Fyr Ball, Hillery Farrell, Vacations, Videos, Wilsons Ice Cream
By Will on August 21, 2011
Thursday on August 11 was my birthday but we celebrated it the day after that because things weren’t exactly going the way we wanted it to. So on Friday we celebrated it cause that was what would work, I got some really awsome presents and one of them was a really big airport lego set [...]
Posted in Birthday Celebrations, Events | Tagged Asus Eee PC, birthday, Birthday Presents, Family Gatherings, Legos, Mindy Farrell, Razor Siege Caster Scooter, Tim Farrell, Will
By Tony Farrell on August 20, 2011
Here in my house, we watch a lot of netflix movies. Typically, we’ll see anywhere from three to seven movies in one week. The netflix convenience is great, and the selection is vast, and we love the comfort of home and being able to watch in privacy without having to get all dressed up and [...]
Posted in Cooking and Recipes, Projects | Tagged Cooking Experiments, How To Guides, Movie Theater Popcorn, Netflix, Popcorn, Recipes
By Tony Farrell on August 14, 2011
Very eventful! Cold, rain, wind, Fyr Ball Festival, Olde Ellison Bay Days, Wilson’s Ice Cream, Drive-In, American Folklore Theater, Bike Trailer Tire Blowouts, Biking to Sweet Mountain Farm for Lawnmower Repair, The Albatross, Not Licked Yet, Newport School, Ice Cream Eating Competition, Firewood Surplus, Sunset Ferry Ride, Moretti’s Disappointment, Pasto Vino Awesomeness, Viking Grill Breakfast [...]
Posted in Adventures, Bike Riding, Camping, Newport State Park, Washington Island | Tagged Door County, Hillery Farrell, Marriage Renewal, Newport State Park, Summer, Sweet Mountain Farm, Tony Farrell, Vacations
By Tony Farrell on August 10, 2011
In a nutshell: heat, sun, frogs, grasshoppers, smashed potatoes, mud pie, Jensens, Brauns, Dompkes, Pestkas & others, sunsets, spared from storms, bonfire, lighthouse tour, kayaking, the beach, stargazing, socializing, scrabble, sequence, foraging, running out of sunscreen and more! This year we were on Site 9 for the first time, supposedly a waterfront site however the [...]
Posted in Adventures, Camping, Events, Family Reunions, Rock Island, Trips | Tagged Family Reunions, Kayaking, Lighthouses, Rock Island Site 9, Scrabble, Sequence, Smashed Potatoes, Stargazing, Storms, The Beach, Toads
By Tony Farrell on August 10, 2011
On our way back from our Rock Island 2011 camping trip and family reunion, we stopped at Sweet Mountain Farm on Washington Island, Wisconsin, which my mother-in-law Sue Dompke owns. She is a beekeeper producing honey, maple syrup, and products related to them. While there, as usual, all of us ate really well thanks to [...]
Posted in Adventures, News, Trips, Washington Island | Tagged Bathroom Emergencies, Car Problems, Pickup Trucks, Storms, Sue Dompke, World Youth Day