Log and Timber Home Living

Making Camp

For years, Nick and Christine Armstrong’s favorite family getaway was camping with their four daughters along the rural High Falls Flowage, a manmade lake off of the Peshtigo River in northeast Wisconsin. Surrounded by nothing but relaxation, they indulged in all the usual camping festivities — days filled with swimming, boating and fishing on the crystalline waters, and evenings spent gathered ’round a crackling campfire.

Two decades later, that idyllic spot is still a family favorite. On any given weekend, you can find

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