Another Great Lake Day

A Lazy Day On The Lake

6:23

It's 6:38 and I slept in until 5:45....yippee.  Right now the house and lake are filled with sunshine, the sun having risen around 6:20.  A few bass boats were out earlier but now it's quiet on the lake, the only sound, a bunch of martins singing their morning song.  I paddled down to Whitney Bay and back, listening to The Doors greatest hits. 

Marisa, An Exhausted Girl

Yesterday was not a typical Friday here at the lake because there were ten of us, not two.  I was up way to early, got in a good paddle though and came home to a quiet house as only Evie was up.  It gave us a good forty-five minutes to get the house and kitchen together, the yard and for Evie to make a huge bowl of pancake batter. As usual, the house awoke in some order, first adults, then kids although Jill usually is last up but not yesterday. The buttermilk pancakes were great, with real maple syrup and the kids devoured them, me too.  

Buttermilk Pancakes

We made up a shopping list and fortunately, Tom and Mary volunteered to hit Wegman's after working out at The Fitness Bunker.  In the old days, I used to take the girls to Ryders Cup to get a frozen hot chocolate but not anymore.  They jumped in Jill's car and Hayden, our soon to be freshmen at West Virginia University drove them to Lakewood, saving me money I guess but it's sad how things change.  Get used to it!  When they returned, they wanted to play some bean bag so they got out the boards and bean bags and played a couple of games before having some lunch, leftovers mostly, ziti, pork chops, ratatouille, rice or Evie made some quesadillas and heated up some hanky pankies for Hayden.

Mat Time

King Of The Hill

Jilly Bean Relaxing

Hayden And Seth

The rest of the day, then, most of the afternoon was spent on the dock, sunbathing or trying to toss one another off of the floating mat.  At times there were nine on the mat, as I was the only one the dock, taking photos of the group having fun.  The mat was a smart purchase.  It was fun to see everyone enjoying the lake rather than sitting inside on a device.  I don't think we have had the TV on yet since the gang arrived.  

Granny And Three Of Her Girls

Everyone came in around 5:00 and either had showered and washed their hair in the lake or took a shower.  We ended up on the porch, squeezing all ten of us on it, enjoying libations and looking for appetizers.  Around 6:30, we all were hungry, so the girls husked the corn, Evie and Mary and Jill made a salad, got out the fixings for our juicy lucys and Tom and I grilled the burgers on the outdoor barbecue grill.  It was the perfect late July picnic dinner, burgers, salad, coleslaw and lots of fixings so that the burgers were tall enough that we needed two hands to eat them.  

Dinner Helpers And Juicy Lucys

Then Seth and the girls quickly cleaned up the kitchen and Seth made up a five-team bean bag tournament, with a losers bracket.  We then all went outside and played for a good hour and a half, until it was dark and we needed the spotlight on so that Tommy and Marisa would defeat Jill and me 15-13 in the final, a good way to end the day.  

Tommy And Marisa, Bean Bag Champions

Granny Takes On Marisa

Tommy And Me

Earlier we had been talking about funny movies and AIRPLANE came up and some of the girls had not seen it.  So we watched it on Amazon Prime in the TV room as it was more gross and vulgar than I remember and I cannot believe we watched it with our kids in the 80's.  I have to admit, though, it's still funny,  Once it was over, we were tired so most of us went to bed.