Another Canoe Trip in Tawas
Holly and I spent another weekend in Tawas - this trip was for the 11th annual Canoe trip with my friends from college. We had to reschedule this years trip on short notice so the crowd was drastically smaller than normal. Thanks to the diehards in the group we had 3 canoes make the short trip from Whirlpool to City park in Oscoda in record time. Despite the small group I think everyone had a good time and I’m looking forward to a normal trip again next year.
While at the cabin I got a chance to take a picture of the new tree I planted, and my fancy watering device (patent pending). I selected a flowering pear tree on the advice of the helpful staff at the nursery, and based on the size the tree will reach at maturity. I needed a tree that wouldn’t grow so tall that it would over-shadow the cabin, something that would get about 20 feet wide and tall. While looking one of the associates told me not to worry…the sizes listed wouldn’t be reached for at least 15-20 years. She seemed sure of herself as she gave me this advice until I told her that I think the cabin will still be in the same spot 20 years from now.
We planted this as the “Ed Rapin Jr. Memorial Tree” with some of the donations given to my mom after my dad’s funeral. We had a surprising amount of money donated, most of which went to Lenawee County Hospice. Next we made a donation to the the Parks & Rec department of Raisin Township and used the remainder to plant this tree up north. Hopefully I did a good job planting this so it takes off and grows big and tall.
Submit your orders now for the watering contraption…I know you want one!