AND BEAT GOES ON

It's Friday. We've spent a fantastic week with Joe's family here on the lake.  Alison was here for a few days. Mellisa was too and when she went back to work she missed us so much she too the next three days off and came back!

We have 'done the lake' in every way possible: Sailed it. Motored it. Canoed it. Kayaked it. Walked it. Bicycled it. Swam it. And fell in it.  :-) Some of our little entourage are more athletic than others....some are more 'entertaining' when they try to be.  but we've ALL had a wonderful time -- even Ollie (the 11-year-old schnauzer)  and Mac (Ali's 3 and a half year old sweet rescue pooch)

We've shared Joe's campsite and cooked by fire. Smores were made and eaten as well as lots of good home-cookin.  Campfires sat around. Stories have been told.

Now today is our last day together until the BIG BIRTHDAY PARTY on the 19th.  Forecast is looking gloomy. We may get some rain but even so we'll make it another great day at the lake by sitting under that infamous Bimini Norm and I made together (the one that almost sent us to divorce court :-)  and play games and continue the 'stories' of 'back in the day'.  There's been a lot of that going around this week.

Loving the lake and don't want to leave...been picking up boat house flyers and leaving them on Norm's pillow. One of those would make an awesome 'toes up ' home, don't you think?  Or, at least a retreat from the blazing sun of Iowa in July and August. :-)

And the beat goes on.

BIG LOVE,

~Nancy