Our Week on the Lake

Let me apologize in advance. I took A LOT of pictures.

Our first day at Stuart and Emilie's camp, Cole goes straight for the floating lounge chair. Very relaxing.

Heather and Wes fishing in the canoe. Heather caught a nice perch.

Wayne is on the Lake Region All Star Baseball team. We left camp our first evening for the first game of the district tournament. During the opening ceremonies (below), Wayne is awarded the Frank J Smith Sportsmanship Award again this year, for his good job during the regular (not All Star) baseball season.  He received a certificate and an Olympia Sport gift card.

 This first game was against North Country. Lake Region won. 

As the sun went down, the lights came on. Wayne loves playing under the lights.

Wayne's idea of a relaxing vacation is to get up at the crack of dawn every day to go fishing. I like to go out with him - it's very quiet and peaceful, and the lake is like glass early in the morning. I also know that these times of spending time with him will get fewer and fewer as he gets into the teenage years.

Wayne caught quite a few fish - I think this is a rock bass.

 Heather's friend Anya came over.

They went fishing in the canoe,

at the same time that Wayne was fishing by the outlet.

They caught something. They threw this one back, even though it was a size they could keep. They wanted it to be free.

Wayne caught some too.

Another baseball game our second evening, against Northfield. Lake Region won.

Wayne got a good hit here. See the ball coming in?

And there's the ball going out. You gotta love the rapid fire feature on digital cameras.

 Third base.

The next day, a total wash out. Rain all day. What can you do? Go swimming anyway.

 Go fishing anyway.

 Joanie and Laura came over in the rainy evening. Cole taught Joanie how to make Origami Yoda.

 Wes started a fire and we roasted marshmallows.

 Wayne cooked one of his fish over the fire.

 Never let a little rain get in the way of roasting marshmallows.

 Or fish.

 Then, nothing but sun for the rest of the week.

 A bike ride for Heather.

 Wayne's friend Ben came over.

 Another late game under the lights, winning against North Country again for the district championship. Now on to the state tournament next week.

I should mention that Joanie was their biggest fan, coming to all their tournament games, no matter how late the night went. Martha also came to a couple of games. I know Wayne was tickled to have their support.

 Enjoying sun and water for the downhill side of the week.

 Dante and Fintan came over. Below is Wayne on the left and Dante on the right.

Cole and Fintan did a lot of fishing, without ever catching a thing.

Wayne and Dante canoeing.

Fintan tries out the kayak.

 On a quieter day, the friendly neighborhood duck comes over for lunch.

 Wayne and I go for a bike ride.

 We went to the swamp near the Inn.

 Stopping at the Slab City monument on the way back.

 Cooling off and relaxing on the water.

Wayne's friend, Asom, came over and caught a fish. They also swam, played ping pong and wiffle ball.

 Cole has his friend, Grant, over for the afternoon.

 A couple of loons paid us a visit on our last full day.

 It was a beautiful week and the kids made good use of the water, canoe, and kayak. Wayne also made very good use of the ping pong table, and I kept meaning to get a picture of that, but somehow, that managed to escape my camera. Not much does.

Much thanks to Stuart and Emilie. We had a fantastic time. Wayne, Cole, and Heather will have many happy memories.