What a day!! I'm wiped out. We were going to fish at 5am but when my alarm went off it was still raining. Wednesday night a few minutes after we went to bed there was another storm. It hailed again but it was dark so I don't know how big they were. Dad woke us up at 7am to go fishing. Dad, Mom, Scott, and I went out on Dad's boat and then Jason and Bob followed us on Bob's boat. We went out by Dog Island where mom caught one fish and Dad caught a craw daddy. Bob caught 2 walleye, I think only one was a keeper. Then we went to Three Towers were Nana caught another keeper walleye and she and I both caught a northern. We went back home around 11:30am and realized we had to have garbage at dump by 1pm so we all rushed like mad to get ready to go. We followed Dad in our truck because we wanted to stay in town to go to the Credit Union but it wouldn't open from lunch until 2pm. On the way to the dump Scott thought we had a flat so we stopped and then weren't sure how to get to the dump. We turned down Blue Lake Road and missed the turn but did see the sign as we were going by. When we got there Dad and Mom had emptied the whole truck and were watching the mother black bear with two of her cubs sleeping in the tree. I got some cool shots. They went on to Dryden to talk to the locksmith and we went and had lunch at the bakery to kill an hour before the Credit Union opened. We got didn't get back from Vermillion until 4pm. Mom and Dad had just started their doctrine so Scott and I were going to do ours but Ron came in. Then Mom came in and needed an email from Alan, then Jason came and needed Dad's battery charger, then Julie came and asked to borrow a kayak because Jason was going to swim around the island. I offered to go with them so Julie and I kayaked while Jason swam. He made it to the beach side in about twenty minutes then they buried a treasure for the kids on the beach. After that we headed around to the other side where Julie and I found a silver float so I got it and put it on my kayak. We followed Jason around most of the island and then each took a side when he it the open water because Mertz's were out tubing in their boat and we were afraid they wouldn't see him. Not counting the stop on the beach he made the swim in about 46 minutes. We think it's about 2 miles but plan to measure it in the am.
As soon as we got back, Dad and Mom were down at the dock ready to take the pontoon boat out for a swim. Mom jumped in first and then me. The water was really smooth. We goofed around and swam around the pontoon for a couple of times and then Nana decided the boat needed to be pulled out more. She hauled it a ways then Dad jumped and pushed it back the opposite way. After that, we goaded Scott into diving in. Then Dad was hiding from Mom and snuck back on the boat ran to the other gate and cannon-balled close to mom. It was fun. Then he swam under the pontoon boat checking everything out. We messed around a little longer and then headed back to shore. Mom and I swam and the guys got back in and drove the boat in. When we got back upstairs it was 8:30pm! We quick made the fish for dinner and then threw everything back and ran out to take a pontoon ride around Paradise. We got back to the dock five minutes before sunset. The moon was incredible hopefully some of my pictures turned out. We went back up and had brownies (from the bakery) with ice cream. Then Scott and I came out to finish our Bible study. Scott's in bed now and I'm ready to go. We were supposed to fish again in the morning. Jason wanted to go again because they are leaving Saturday, too. I bowed out because I need to start packing. Plus we need to take the pontoon boat out tomorrow. I'm hoping I will be able to kayak. There are supposed to be am showers and then isolated T-storms. Hoping it misses us like it did today!
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