Father-Sons Trip 2012

On Friday, July 13, 14 fathers, sons and grandsons traveled to the Wisconsin Dells for the second Father-Son Retreat.

We had several new fathers and sons on the trip with a good number of ones that went on the first Father-Son Trip too.

            On Friday, all the fathers and sons drove up to the lodge that we were staying in and got settled in. We spent Friday swimming at the pool, getting everyone’s fishing licenses and playing games at the house like Ladder Golf and Bag Toss.

For supper we went to Paul Bunyan’s where we enjoyed fish, chicken, spaghetti and

much more. We ended the night with Bible Study and planning for the next day.

            Once everyone had breakfast on Saturday we all piled into our cars and headed out to Mirror Lake to go fishing, canoeing and kayaking. Unfortunately, even with great weather only a few of us caught any fish and we threw them all back. The two biggest catches were by Terry Noel who caught a 14’ largemouth bass and Dan Schaefer who caught a 14’ small mouth bass.

            After fishing we headed back to the house where some rested and relaxed in the houses but most headed back to the pool for a while. That evening the fathers and sons enjoyed Pastor’s World Famous Spaghetti for dinner.

That evening they once again played games outside and ended the night by watching the movie “Courageous.”

            On Sunday, everyone rose early to go to church. Once church was over we headed out to Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park. 

Everyone had a blast there especially doing the Go-Karts and being in the wave pools. By the end of the day though many of us were sun burnt and had very sore feet from the hot sidewalk and being thrown around by the waves.

            That night we grilled out for our final meal and had hamburgers, hot dogs and brats. Following dinner we had a bag tournament before heading inside for the final Bible study of the trip.

            The next morning everyone enjoyed Dan Schaefer’s Mountain Man Breakfast. After breakfast though it was time to clean up the houses, pack up the cars, say our goodbyes and head home.

            All the fathers and sons had a blast on the trip and look forward to the next one.