The O. C. Dictionary
Fish•ing
Bird•watch•ing \ burd woch-ing \ n: activity for those who get excited about loon calls
Camp•fire \ kamp-fahyuhr \ n: an excuse to stay up late because you just don’t want a good day to end
Cross-coun•try ski•ing \ kraws-kuhn-tree skee-ing \ n: because Gortex and tassel hats aren’t always acceptable at the office
Fish•ing \ fish-ing\ n: where tall tales are born
Golf \ gawlf \ n: a Northwoods activity used to fill the time between swimming, fishing, paddling, bicycling, hiking and napping
Hik•ing \ hahyk-ing \ n: because just saying you like to walk in the woods wouldn’t impress your friends
Moun•tain bik•ing—\moun-tn bahyk-ing\ n: the fastest way to get in touch with nature
Mus•ky \ muhs-kee \ n: 1. large predatory fish of the upper Midwest 2. incurable overwhelming lifetime obsession
North•woods \ nawrth-woodz \ n: the place you go to when you daydream at work
Pad•dl•ing\ pad-ling \ v: the way to get to places that are so quiet that even the sound of your paddle seems loud
Pas•ties \ pas-teez \ n (plural): enticing, like a chicken pot pie
Re-cre•a•tion\ ree-kree-ey-shuhn \ n: 1. the opposite of work 2. the reason why we work in the first place
Snow•mo•bi•ling \ snoh-muh-beel-ing \ n: when cross-country skiing just ain’t fast enough
Snow•shoe•ing \ snoh-shoo-ing \ n: because walking around in boots in the snow would just be too easy
Swim•ming \ swim·ming \ n: what happens when you step off the dock and miss the boat
Wall•eye \ wawl-ahy \ n: the only reason anyone would ever wake up at 5am on a Saturday
Water•ski \ waw-ter-skee \ v: to engage in the only socially acceptable method of dragging friends and family behind a speeding boat