A Freshly Washed Morning

Ice Cream After Wings At The Bemus Point Casino

Heron In The Morning 

7:12

7:15

It' 7:45 and I have yet to kayak or write my blog.  I have been up since 6:00 however, with my son in law, Ramiro, and we have been setting up my new Echo Dot.  I am not sure I need it or like it yet but it was a deal on Amazon Prime Day so how could I pass it up.  We got close to an inch of rain overnight and the morning sky is overcast, with fog rising off to the eastern shoreline.  It's 64º and should be cooler today, with some sun and clouds.

Yesterday was another partly cloudy day, more sunshine than we thought, so we were able to enjoy the lake.  I got in an early paddle and when I returned, everyone started to get up, the boys last because they did not get in until 1:30 in the morning.  So breakfast was staggered, as Beth made crepes for everyone from 9:30 to 11:30 when the last kids woke up. 

Lounging

Marlena, Halle, And Jill

Halle And Marlena

The gang then put on their bathing suits and most went out to enjoy the lake, the floating islands, jumping off the dock.  Rami and I, however, started talking about how he had cut the cable and saved quite a bit of money.  He now gets his TV through Direct TV Now and an Apple TV.  If you get the service, the two hundred dollar Apple TV is free.  Since we wanted to install it immediately, I went to Walmart and bought the Apple TV and we also stopped at Home Depot and picked up a ceiling fan for our back porch which Evie has always wanted.  Rami put in the one on our front porch, so he will be putting another one on our back porch this weekend.

Halle and Marisa

Nick And Halle Check Out Evie's Photo Book

Beth And Mary

When we returned home from shopping, everyone had come in from the lake and were enjoying sloppy joes, with dill pickles of course.  Evie made enough for an army, so we even have some leftover for today or tomorrow for our lunches.  The gang then went back out on the dock, sat on the porch, or relaxed in their bedrooms or played some competitive games of bean bag, or cornhole as the rednecks call it. 

Bean Bag By The Lake

Hayden And Marlena

Nick And Tyler

Hayden And Marlena

Rami and I, mostly Rami, then set up the Direct TV Now and Apple TV which was surprisingly easy.  The most difficult part will be learning how to use the Apple Remote and find our way around the various apps like Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Netflix, as they are add-ons if you buy the Direct TV NOW.  The only thing left to do is call Spectrum and cut the cable but keep the Internet and, if we don't like it, we get to keep the Apple TV and can cancel anytime.  I received the bill for the first four months of TVNOW and it was equal to one month of Spectrum, quite a saving.

Ramiro And Crazy Jill

Me And The Birthday Boy, Ron

Hayden And Linda

A Faux Busty Jill, Turns Heads

Dinner was easy, just jump in a boat or car and drive over to the Casino as everyone wanted chicken wings, another tradition that has been going on all of our 35 years here at the lake. We were joined by our friends, Linda and Ron, so there were 15 of us.  Everyone ordered wings, of course, and they were as good as ever if not better.  Nothing like wings and Yuengling!  Because we knew a storm was brewing, after the wings, Tom, Mary and I took the boat back, put on the cover and came in the house just as it started to rain.  The gang, however, walked to the ice cream parlor, ordered cones, then came home. 

Nick

We sat on the front porch, listening to the rain, all thirteen of us until the kids went into the TV room to watch Shark Week, again, a TV show that seems to be on TV every summer when they visit.  The adults sat in the living room, reading, talking, or on our devices. munching on chips and having a before bed highball.  The kids stayed up to watch Stephen King's IT and the adults went up to bed, the end of good day.