July 4, Tuesday

Tuesday started out as a lazy day. 
 We slept in until almost 9am. By the time we had finished our Bible study and eaten breakfast it was afternoon! We unpacked the food we had taken into the cabin.

I did some social media today to see what my friends in the states were doing to celebrate our Independence Day. No fireworks in Canada. For some reason, I'm thinking their Independence Day is on July 2, but I might be wrong because I didn't see any fireworks or celebrations on Monday. There were even road crews on 502. 

We worked on weeding the beach. It's going to take a lot of work. It's overgrown with grass and other things. The roots are so intertwined that you almost have to pull off a layer of sod to weed it. 

We went kayaking to the island and back. Scott is trying to be a good sport and kayaks with me but I think it's really bothering his shoulder which in turn hurts his neck. 

We sat down on the dock on the bench (great idea to build a bench there. I think dad did that but maybe it was Alan). I took about a million pictures of a duck family. They were diving under so I was trying to get some underwater pictures. I don't think I was too successful but I'll check them out on my computer later. 

We saw lots of water fowl today. There was a merganser on the rock with three ducks. The white pelican flew over twice. An juvenile bald eagle flew passed the cabin. When we headed to the camper for the night, there was a different bird on the rock. I'm still not sure if it was a loon or a golden eye. I'll know better when I put my pictures on my laptop.

Baby groundhog was out foraging around the camper. He was pretty small and awfully cute. I got some pictures of him. 

Instead of ending our night with fireworks, it ended in a crazy storm. We were both pretty sure the camper was going to blow over. The weather said there were gusts up to 50km with would be at least 25 mph winds. It was no gust either it was a constant that lasted for a good half hour. The rain was definitely torrential!! At least we didn't get the hail that was predicted.