Another day at the lake

Cool and cloudy at the lake Monday, the wind kicked up as it approached noon so shorts and t-shirt were not the fashion of the day. Doesn’t matter, it’s still nice to be here. Casual breakfast, started a new (used) book, cleaned out the gas grill then cooked up some hotdogs. Read some more, took the dogs for a walk with Carol. Margaret stopped by this morning and she, Carol, Ian and Taylor cut up four bags of string beans sent up from Lois for canning. Later Margaret returned for supper after which she and Carol huddled up looking at old photos and filling in some genealogy gaps. Unfortunately the cloudiness prevailed into the evening so there is no sunset photo for Monday.

Today played out a little differently, after breakfast Carol left to pick up her mother to go to Houlton then Oakland on the genealogy trail, visited a cemetery and took some picture of grave stones. Later in the day we were to host a cookout to have relatives visiting from away over to the camp. Meanwhile back at the camp Taylor, Ian and I tidied up the place, more reading for me while Taylor and Ian took the dogs for a walk. The weather had improved though still a strong wind blew across the lake. A little while after lunch Ian and Taylor took a dip in the lake. I made a trip to the post office then returned to the camp and copped a nap. After getting up Carol still had not returned, Ian and Taylor were laying out on the shore ramp. Across the lake though there was a cloud bank which the wind was blowing toward us. The waves became rougher, the clouds came closer, Ian and Taylor abandoned the ramp and as the rain reached us it blew right onto the porch. As the storm arrived on our shore there was a sudden large flash overhead followed a heartbeat later by one hell of a bang. Too close to thunder, then the storm after a good dump of water moved on by. Carol returned soon after.

The cookout went from what we expected to be about 12 people to at least 20. Carol had bought some extra food but she still needed to pull every bit of meat we had in the frig to accommodate everyone, and I cooked it all on the small gas grill. Between what we had and the side dishes people bought every thing turned out pretty good. The whole event was a little more than we expected to take place here during our vacation but it did turnout very well though it did go by in a blur. After everyone left the four of us settled down and played Texas hold-em. Lets see if I can get this guest list right: Margaret counts as a hostess – Gerald and Rita – Floyd and Mabel – Carolyn and Melvin – Debbie, John, Lily and Brianna – Stacey, Chuck and their two kids – Erica, Noel, and their two kids (Erica was the flower girl at our wedding, 1975) – Lance, Janelle and Madison. Whew!

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