Wheeler Family Reunion 2008 Photo Gallery by Christopher Wheeler at pbase.com

Wheeler Family Reunion 2008

The first Wheeler Family reunion was held in Three Lakes, Wisconsin on July 18-20, 2008. I flew in from New Delhi. Here are some photos.

Associated videos may be seen here:

Ro's first golf swing in 18 years, along with a dubious butt-wiggle: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kKZU39JMBnY

Sam tricked into kicking a boulder: http://youtube.com/watch?v=tFMy4CCJsAA

Rosa's unstoppable bowling technique: http://youtube.com/watch?v=4VsECAcl0ks

Landy throws a live fish at Andrew: http://youtube.com/watch?v=iY1N9QLlJGE

Ellie catches a fish: http://youtube.com/watch?v=h1XBEkhIf8w

Sam describes his method for choosing candy from a store: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDSwkbmF0jA

Elena wiggles a loose front tooth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVtgoKKO7GY

Elena describes catching her first fish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-XakA-97YM

A few moments before landing in Brussels	View from the terrace of my host's Brooklyn apartment	Elena's self-portrait	Elena composing (Part 1)	Elena composing (Part 2)
Elena composing (Part 3)	Elena composing (Part 4)	Elena and Rosa shortly before leaving for the Newark airport	Elena at the Oshkosh, Wisconsin American Girl outlet	Elena looking for American Girl loot
Sam, bored stiff and kicking gummy bears, outside the American Girl store in Oshkosh	In Oshkosh, regrouping after a shopping bout	Lunch: Milty Wilty in Wautoma, Wisconsin	Milty Wilty's playground	Kids letting off steam
Ro pushing Rosa	Elena hanging out	Milty Wilty's menu	Busted for speeding (38 in a 25!) in Wautoma	Gilly and Landy photographing the police pull-over
Northern Pike caught by Landy in Eagle River our first morning	Sam eats an entire pancake in one bite	Sam playing chess	Molly and Elena behind the Eagle River Inn	Molly et al inspecting something gross found in the water
View from behind the Eagle River inn	Photo of "Do Not Snap The Whips" sign in an Eagle River store	Photo of same spot taken six years earlier	Captain Rolando de Aguiar	Rosa in an Eagle River candy store
Elena in an Eagle River candy store	Ro and Liza waiting around	Elena and an insect that landed on her	Some folks up here don't take kindly to them animal-rights types	World's thinnest pizza, courtesy of Butch's Pizza of the North
Gilly likes the chilli flakes on her slices.	Digesting after lunch.	Sam gets collared for smacking Ellie, but a subsequent investigation suggests that Sam was struck first	Three sisters reminiscing	Gilly and friend
Rosa with more candy	Ellie on a pier at the Eagle River Inn	Elena describing the size of the first fish she caught. Ever!	Fishers	Most of the clan just hanging out, waiting for the reunion to begin
Good picks	Rosa and Elena	Rosa and Elena with Sam and Ellie	A visit to dad's grave	Landy playing the second hole at Holstein Hills CC
Andrew: A swing and a miss!	Family reunion invocation	Assorted reunion participants	The youngest generation of Wheelers	Rosa on the Smarts' zip line
Andrew swinging Rosa	Andrew with the catch of the day	Landy's haul	Boat ride with Bill Ralph	Dave H. in a kayak
Our group	Smarts	Assorted Allan Wheelers	Meeting Uncle Bill and Aunt Karen in Eagle River	Rosa stopping for -- what else -- candy on the drive back to Milwaukee
Gilly and Jaxson	Assorted Bill Foxes	Boarding the flight from Milwaukee to Newark	Cycling with a friend across the Brooklyn Bridge	On the cycle
Waterfall installed under the bridge	At the Dali exhibit	Christina's World	Funky 5th Avenue neon	Less funky

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