We had a great trip. We arrived on Saturday, July 20, and left on Friday. We usually stay until Saturday, but the kids are getting older and have jobs to get back to.
It was a typical trip and very relaxing. The highlights were
It was a typical trip and very relaxing. The highlights were
- A family of minks, one of which came within 2 feet of me one day, investigating the humans, I'd guess.
- It rained one night only, but it came down so hard. Fortunately, it was not windy. We all stayed dry, though the tent had a lake at the front and some bedding got wet at the bottom. Weather otherwise was sunny and around 75.
- The games of the trip were backgammon and Code Names. Chess was played of course by all but me, and Thome played me Spit and Farkel. Backgammon was all the rage though; Thome taught Thomas and me to play and there were many games played. We played Code Names at night in the tent.
Mink Closeup
Morning after the Rainy Night
Code Names
Backgammon
On our last evening, the Other Reussers visited and we had a nice campfire, hot dogs, and s'mores.
When we arrived, Scott decided to shore up the deck a bit before we pitched the tent. He sure knows how to do hard stuff.
It helped and the tent was dry except the night it rained. Here's our tent setup.
Most of the usual activities occurred:
Swimming around the Island
Thome's Morning Dip
Kayaking
Boating and Fishing
Reading
Morning Coffee, Cooking, and Eating (no pictures)
Campfires
Games
Exercising
Sorry, I did it the least of anybody, but these are the only pictures. Hideous.
Chilling and Taking Pictures
The view from inside the tent is amazing. The moon would come up glowing orange, and one night it was full.
Scott took pics of sunsets and sunrises.
Scott found the minks' home, and we saw 2 wolf spiders. One was in the tent and we couldn't usher it out so it had to be crushed. The other was outside and it was carrying an egg sack. Ugh.
