Kings (and Queen) Of Kawnipi
by NorthwoodsHeaven
Although our family is incredibly close emotionally, we are not so close geographically. The eldest brother Dan came in from Virginia, Erik the middle child flew in from Texas, and my parents still live in our childhood home outside Madison, Wisconsin. I myself am ashamed to say (being a cheesehead) am living in Chicago. Somehow we all rendezvoused safely, within minutes of each other in Duluth, MN, at 10 pm the night before the trip, and we arrived at our hotel in Silver Bay at about midnight. Here marked the first, and really last time, I was worried about my mother on this trip. In the short walk from the car to the lobby of the hotel my mother developed a foot cramp that caused her what appeared to be intolerable pain. She barely made it to the room. If she can’t make the portage from car to bed, how is she gonna portage herself all the way into Kawnipi. This may not end well. But we were pot committed…