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	July 21st through August 4th, 1984

It's been a year since our last visit "Up North". It's still here, not much has changed. There's still plenty of swimming, skiing, hiking and fishing to be had.

When the fishermen return, the dark side of fish catching is upon us. Fish cleaning. It's at this point that those that find this particular task among the more odious, flee.

Fleeing can take many forms. Putting on a display of skin divership so close to the fish cleaning shack is not recommended. The chances of being within earshot of being drafted into the knife brigade is too great.

Fleeing on horseback at the Lake Lucerne Riding Stables is a better choice.

Escaping to the fire tower at Sugerbush Hill is also good. You can still see the island on Lake Wabikon from the top.

Looking to the West from the top of the tower, you see the "Sponge Forest" but not Lake Lucerne. The lake is mostly blocked by the big ridge on the East shore.

Now that we are more familiar with the skills involved, sailing is not as brutal as it once was. The

Putting temperamental, high compression engines on wee, tiny boats can be fun in a we-cheated-death sort of way.

Then there's water skiing. While we're not yet at the water show level (some of us have just learned) all enjoy making passes in front of the resort.

And the crashes can be very photographic.

Some of us footed for the first time. We were told that when the spray is blow the knees, the speed is just about right. Above the knees means it's a little slow. Our current boat may be a bit under-powered for footing.

The lodge was closed all week. Bumper pool, ping-pong, puck bowling, and pinball were not played all week.

Lined up to the right of the main dock are fishing boats for cabins 1 through 5. They are metal, have anchors, generally don't leak, and are mostly not in use during skiing hours. The lake flattened out several times during the two weeks that we were there to ski it up. No one was severely injured, though not from lack of trying. <br><br><br>-Nemo cleaned a few fish.

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