Saturday, July 25, 2015

We started the day out a little lazy, not getting our Bible study until about 8am. We packed some of our stuff and decided it was going to be a beautiful day. I decided to attempt a kayak trip. Hannah decided to go with me. The plan was to meet at Hamburger Island for hamburgers of course! After packing up and loading our kayaks, we headed out. It got pretty windy and there were even some whitecaps. We cut over to Eagle Island hoping for a break and then cut over to mainland. We took a break in one of the bays near the south end of the tip.

There was a very small beach there where Hannah got out for a couple minutes. When we were turnign the corner the float boat showed up with Scott driving and Nana and Grandpa riding in the back. 

They stalked us for a couple minutes and then headed on. We paddled to Camp Island and the wind pulled us all the way through the passage way between Boat and Camp. The side I was on was only about a foot deep in some parts. Over on Hannah's side it was about three feet. When we came out of there we spotted the boat. Nana was driving and Scott and Grandpa were fishing. They caught a perch and two small walleye. Hannah and I contined on to find Hamburger Island. Hannah found a bird on another island and got hung up on the rocks. She had to get out and balance on a tiny rock to get out.

 When we finally got to Hamburger Island we realized it would be hard to get onto land because of the low water level on Eagle Lake. We noticed that they had docked the boat on Boat Island so we paddled to them. We had planned to quit and got out on the little beach, where I got a leech between my toes, Scott had to save me and pull it out. He again threw it right where we were standing! Hannah and I yelled at him so he picked it up and threw it the other direction. Nana decided she wanted to kayak so she traded with Hannah. We decided to eat on Connaught Point instead sooo Nana and I paddled back through Camp and Boat Islands off Old Testament Connaught Point. It was about another mile and I was very tired. The guys on the boat saw a snake in the lake so we didn't go over by that bay.

When we reached the beach we started the hamburgers but were rushing because it looked like rain was coming in. We had hamburgers (without ketchup) and green beens (weird). It was delicious. We loaded up the kayaks and headed home through Canoe Narrows. 

When we got home, Hannah and I paddled over to our neighbor's beach to take out the kayak's. After we got them loaded and back to the cabin it started to rain. I told Scott not to bother moving the clothes off the line because it was an isolated shower. We started packing the truck and it rained again :) Scott did not appreciate my forecasting abilities. After about three loads to the truck I looked across the lake. It was raining so hard you couldn't see passed Sunset. Just as that rain was hitting our beach Ron and Dee showed up. It poured!!!! LIke I've never seen it rain before. Scott said it even sleeted and hailed some. We all had ice cream and played Shang Hai Rummy until after 9pm. I guess we'll have to pack again in the morning. Good thing we didn't plan on leaving early.