Tuesday, July 19

The plan was to go fishing so we came in at 7am to eat and do Bible study. There was a fluffy Great Blue Heron on our rock that we had to take pictures of. After that Scott and Dad went somewhere to by minnows and get gas for the mower. Mom and I packed lunch and our fishing stuff. We headed out to three towers and found out that our trolling mower was dead. We still had a really nice time. Scott caught a northern and Dad caught a walleye. When I was on the phone with Alan a northern hit my line, I yelled in his ear and threw the phone to Alan. Later Dad and Scott both caught a perch that we kept. When we got back Ron showed up and told us about grandson being in the hospital with a really bad bacteria infection. He had to be quarantined for three days. No one could see him. Dad cleaned the fish and everyone went to take naps. After I talked to Hannah about her new roommate news, I kayaked around the island. I didn’t see anything but it was beautiful. It was pretty choppy but fun. The side that is usually windy was the leeward side this time so I went the opposite that I usually do. The water is really high so there isn’t much of a beach. When I got back I weeded the beach a little more and then Nana was ready to wash windows. We washed windows while Scott and Dad worked in the yard.

After windows we fixed fish, beets, salad, and Red Lobster biscuits. It was a delicious dinner. After dinner Dad decided we were not going to go out fishing bc the battery had not charged enough. The mosquitos were horrible so we decided not to go out fishing. There were over 40 mosquitos on the kitchen screen window!! Scott and I put our mosquito abatement plan into action. He sprayed outside of the camper with mosquito fogger and plugged in the zapper. We started the crazy moose puzzle after dinner and worked on the dumb thing for about three hours. Everyone was staying up late because we were waiting to hear news from a family member. Dad and Scott finally gave up around 10pm. Mom and I finally went to bed around 10:30pm after we had heard back. I sprayed the camper windows again and it was warm so we could turn on our fan mosquito killer BUT the mosquitos stayed out!!! It was God’s grace gift! I got almost 8 hours sleep.