Monday, July 28, 2014

It was a pretty uneventful day.  Dad overdid yesterday so decided not to fish today.  We were going to but it just never seemed to happen.  I didn’t do too much because I was feeling really tired and lethargic.  Scott pressure sprayed one side of cabin, filled in some holes in shop, and trimmed some trees.  Dad and I got the tarp rigged up so it would stay this time and it rained so we were able to test it.  John and Victoria got in around noon and John, Kim, Haley, Taylor, and Alexis showed up shortly after that.  Mom and I went for a short swim but had to come back because Scott was going to try to trim trees on a ladder and no one was there to administer first aid if something happened.  We helped him do that and then Mom and I went on a kayak ride.  We saw a mommy merganser with at a minimum of twenty babies.  They were swimming away so fast that we couldn’t count them very well.  At one point they got in a straight row and I made it to 14 and the end of the line scooted to the front of the line almost on command.  There had to have been at least six more that I hadn’t counted.  Scott and I laid out on the dock and read for a while.  Then Kim came over with a surprise.  She had made us all Canada T-Shirts and wants to get a family picture.  We decided to wait until Friday morning when Alan’s family gets here.  I got to talk to Hannah for a few minutes.  I really miss her and Bridget.  I hope we get to see them for a couple of minutes before we leave at the end of this week.  After that Scott and I took our baths and a rain storm appeared.  We cooked chicken on front porch which was a bad idea.  I had to take the battery out of the fire alarm (at least we know it works now).  Our tarp held though so that was good.  After dinner, Julie came over and invited us for blueberry pie and homemade ice cream.  It was a full cabin but lots of fun to see everyone.  John came up with the idea to watch Irene’s old movies so we listened to everyone’s commentary on who was who and where they were. We watched 1947-1948 and then fast forwarded to 1953.  We left shortly after that and headed to bed.  It was almost 10pm.