Clam Lake

So, we had a wonderful (albeit rainy) weekend in Clam Lake, WI with my sister parents-in-law....they have the most wonderful home and guest cabin (the cabin was their vacation home when my BIL was little and then they built a wonderful retirement home on the property) .....we left there with 20 yo asparagus seeds, garlic to plant, fresh red potatoes, yukon gold potatoes, fresh tomatoes to freeze and fresh cabbage.....it's so wonderful :)

And to top it off - my sister hit the jackpot on parents-in-law....they are the absolute best and so warm and welcoming to us....we had a great time at the Bayfield Apple Festival...

My nephews are the Cutest things EVER....I enjoy every minute I spend with them - even when they are stinkers :)

So....on the way home...in my parents Motorhome (my parents were along) the left front tire blew...that was scary....dad was wonderful at keeping it in control....and we drew to the side of the road...Dad did let out one obsenity....about getting rid of this f%$#@ing thing....luckily, we made it to the side and on an incline. (this was a blessing later as it was unsure if the jack could go that far) Dad and Mike located the spare but not the lugnut wrench...3 people stopped to help...we had NO cell reception....so we sent Mike with Stopper No. 1 ....as Mike was pulling away in this mans car to go to the next town to call us a tow....I screamed.....Do we have this guy's name???? who is my beloved leaving with? dad rattled off his license plate - mom started talking and I had to yell at her to SHUT UP...as I had to keep repeating the lic plate until I got a pen and wrote it down...sorry mom..I was a bit rude, but scared I just sent my Mike off with a potential serial killer......

Crazy thing is that I had reception I the motorhome, but not Outside the motorhome....Dh got to the next town and they had NO tow truck that could take a motorhome... :(

Luckily, a man stopped that had the right lugnut wrench and he and dad fixed the tire...and it happened to not have any damage to the axel - which was the last problem that mom and dad had with the motorhome....so we were SOOOO lucky.....

So, we called Mike and he was 14 miles down the road....he was waiting for us....however, his ride to the next down was interesting....(I'm glad I got his lic plate) he said the guy CHOMPED his teeth every 10 seconds as a nervous twitch....after 10 mins of chomping, Mike looked over and noticed...the guy had no lense in one of his glasses....he tried to remain calm but was hearing banjo music....luckily he had a knife with him - if he had to cut the banjo string music! He was sitting there thinking, "omg I'm going to die" No one can make this stuff UP!!!!

We got to town after the spare change and got Mike safe and sound and made our way home....What an eventful night :)