Saturday, August 4, 2012

Today when we woke up around 7am there had been a lull in the rain and it was really windy so we decided we better at least crank the camper down before the rain started again.  Grandpa had to come out and help us bc it was so windy they sides wouldn't stay tucked in.  Five minutes before we were done with our Bible study, Ron and Dee stopped in to say good-bye.  After they left, we went and put the float boat in.  Mom and Scott drove it to the public launch and Dad and I took the trailer via road.  Before we took off we realized we had a flat tire on the trailer so we filled it at Muse's on our way out.  Dad did a great job of backing it down the long slope.  Then I jumped in and it was really gross - uneven clay and got deep fast.  I was waist deep after about three steps.  Scott drove it in and Dad cranked in on with Scott  moving it over a little bit.  Nana did her trapeze act to go down the ladder and onto the tailgate.  Scott and I rode in the back of the truck.  When we got back we worked on packing some more while Dad backed the pontoon into the shop all by himself (well Mom might have been helping him).  I went down to the lake for one last kayak.  The waves were big!!  It was so much fun and really hard to paddle to the island.  I got back really fast though!  Then Scott was coming out so I paddled again.  I was really tired.  After that we took our kayaks up and belted them down.  When they were ready we hooked up the camper and moved it up out of the way.  Lunch break was next then we went and said good-bye to Jason and Julie.  They left about noon.  We finished up most everything else and then went and took one more bath in teh lake.  The waves were even bigger and I took a mouthful at one point.  Scott and I swam a tiny bit out and then rode the waves back in.  It was fun.  It was really cold when we got out of the water though!  After double checking everything we were finally underway.  It was about 2:30pm.  On the way out, Ojibway Trail was really busy.  I've never seen so many cars on it before.  We stopped once too so we could see how big the waves were on Big Eagle.  Once we got on 502 we did not have on car behind us the entire way.  Scott drove and I slept most of it.  The border was smooth as silk.  You could tell we had prayer support!  We hit the line of four cars at 4:40 and were across in less than ten minutes.  The guy just wanted us out - he moved three cars ahead of us to the other guys one.  He asked us three questions and then let us go.  His replacement was coming in the booth right when we took off.