Monday, August 8, 2011

Yesterday morning we woke up to rain and some wind around 5am. We went back to sleep and didn't get up until about 8:30am. The rain had stopped so we went to the cabin to do our doctrine. After breakfast and our Bible study, Alan decided to go to Dryden. He took Bridget, Hannah, and Lindsey who went to the gift shop and the bakery. Meanwhile, back at the cabin during lunch, Scott said he saw a young eagle fly over and I didn't believe him. He stayed in the cabin reading waiting for a call about the gravel load coming while I came back to the cabin to work on pictures. I saw an seagull acting weird so I stepped outside. Sure enough there was a young bald eagle swooping around. I grabbed my camera and started snapping shots. He was flying above a couple of our cabins. I would watch for him to come back and he would come up behind me from the opposite direction. At one point, it soared over my head as if posing for me. That's where I got my best shots. I called Scott out to see.



After I finished pictures, I laid around and read and snoozed off and on until the girls came looking for something to do. I tried to convince them to kayak with me but they didn't care for the waves. Shortly after that, the wind picked up and you could see a storm coming in over the lake. Scott checked the boats and Hannah, Lindsey, and I started to play Clue. Alan moved our vehicles in the new garage and checked the boats. Scott started trying to secure the camper which was taking the full force of the wind and even tipping a little off of the blocks. We finally decided if we pushed it in front of the trees it would get less wind and there was a huge storm coming. The wind was whipping little sticks at my face when I went through the open areas. Alan grabbed his manual hitch puller - trailer trolley - and Scott, Hannah, Lindsey and I all pushed. It was protected much better so it was an answer to prayer. The wind died down and it started to rain but it didn't rain much. We went in and finished our second Clue game when Bridget announced that dinner was ready. We had a yummy fish dinner with homegrown red potato "fries," baked beans, and peas and carrots. After dinner, Alan, Scott, Hannah, and I went back outside and pushed our camper back to the hill but this time we parked it a little further up the hill and a little different of a slant so the wind wasn't broadsiding it right in the middle of the camper. After a little while, we started a game of Shanghai Rummy. Everyone played and we only made it through four hands until it was time to hit the sack. So far Lindsey is winning.



When we got to the camper, and it was windy but the camper wasn't blowing the same so we had a hole new set of noises to get used to. I swear we heard a moose trot by. Scott and I are going to look for tracks when we go out this morning. I had just read pretty much the stupidest western book ever - I guess you can't always trust BookList - so I was convinced that the Ojibwa Indians were sneaking up on our camper to do horrendous things to us. LOL - I had to faith rest and then I was able to go back to sleep. It was freezing cold so around midnight Scott and I traded places so I wasn't on the outside. Scott also turned the heater on which made it really hot in there plus it stunk because it hadn't been run for awhile so I turned it back off. It was an exciting night.



Pictures from the day: https://picasaweb.google.com/ajohnsto693/August8_2011?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCP-p0tLFipS_cw&feat=directlink

Pictures from August 7: https://picasaweb.google.com/ajohnsto693/August7_2011?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLKZ5oLDiOWv6gE&feat=directlink