This past weekend I celebrated a birthday.Not a milestone birthday just another year older.It was however a special one as my Wife and I along with our two children took a vacation.I understand that this is not necessarily anything extraordinary but it was special to us as it was our first "family vacation".I won't pretend that there were any Chevy Chase moments and the setting wasn't Wally World,Europe or Las Vegas but it was every bit as spectacular.We went to visit family in Wisconsin at some lake property owned by friends.We stayed in a pop up camper as a "test" ( a friend wanted to sell it to me I told him if the wife couldn't or wouldn't sleep in it it was no sale)It was 97 degrees on friday.There was no A/C.There was no breeze(even on the lake!).It was brutal.Wisconsin charges $24 for a 4 day non resident license( I only had 3 days at best) I asked my little fishing buddy if he wanted to go fishing.He said NO.We managed to get out for a boat ride thursday night and again friday morning.I was able to fish for about an hour friday evening and caught a whopping 8 inch large mouth( $24 for license / 8 oz. bass = $48 /lb take that crab fishermen!!!) Saturday was cooler but still humid the Wife and kids went with Grandma.Grandpa and I headed out to the bait shop.I bought two fake frogs spent $10.Fished for about 45 minutes where I caught nothing.Grandma and the family returned at lunch and it started to rain.We had planned on leaving Sunday morning but with the rain we tore down and came home saturday night.SO to recap I caught one fish($48/lb) damn near got heat stroke had my trip cut short by rain.So the question is Why did I go to Wisconsin? Well we bought the camper.The kids had a blast and my Wife had S'Mores(chocolate makes her happy and when shes happy I'm happy) We get to go again(just not this weekend! was the decree set from upon high)So I thought I went to Wisconsin to go fishing but in reality I went to Wisconsin to make memories that will last forever.