This picture is of our golden retriever, Senna. She received the orange toy in the mail from a customer.
Sunday morning I got up early to go to church. I wasn't even up a half hour when my son, Joey, drove into the resort. He lives about 2 hours away, so that means he left at 6:45 a.m. He always was an early riser. He came to pick up his items from the military that were shipped here. He also came to visit. He stayed for about 3 hours and during that time a customer/friend came into the lodge. She talked for awhile with me but I had to visit with my son. She didn't seem to want to stop talking so she joined me in the main house and we visited with my son too. She then stayed and talked with John for about another hour while my son and I loaded up his truck with his shipment, etc. Sometimes customers/friends just need to talk and we don't mind, if we have the time.
Later in the evening I kayaked with this same friend/customer. We left the resort around 7:00 or so in the evening. We took our time going up river. We saw an eagle sitting right above us on a tree. It took off in flight right in front of us and then later on up the river, we saw it again up in a tree. It was beautiful. Her hands were shaking, so she asked me to take some pictures. I think I got some great ones of the eagle.
The sun was setting behind the trees and we could hear creatures stirring in the bushes. The grasshoppers were squeaking and birds were singing. A flock of ducks flew right over us and fish were jumping. A lot of the time we were quiet, but eventually she started to tell me about all the changes in her life. We had a nice talk and I enjoyed her company.
When we got back to our lake, we could see the sun was completely set and the color in the sky and air was a mellow pink. We floated on the middle of the lake. In the distance was a solitary loon, floating along. They are curious birds and eventually, slowly, it swam up to us. We were watching it, the sunset colors and the full moon above the lake. The reflection of the moon was on the calm, still lake. Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, the mama loon came over with the 2 baby loons. They are almost full grown now but their colors are still trying to catch up. Their heads aren't black yet and their black spots are still brown. They were very curious of us so they swam right around us. The parents didn't like that but the kids ignored them. Sound familiar?
We hadn't been paddling anywhere and since there wasn't any wind, we hadn't floated toward them. They came right up to us. We took a lot of pictures and still they stayed by us. It was amazing. Since this was by far the most memorial part of the last two days, I had to start with this story. So now back to the regular stuff about running a resort.
On Saturday we only had 2 cleaning girls arrive. So I cleaned with them. We finished 5 cabins and they decided to come back the next day to do the rest. So on Sunday around 1 p.m. they came to clean and worked until after 5 p.m. I was on the beach with customers. I felt a little guilty, but the cleaning ladies didn't mind because then they would work longer and make more money.
John made a small campfire for someone who wanted to cook brats over the fire. She brought out enough brats to feed an army, so we all ate some. To add to the party, I made a pitcher of papaya margaritas and brought them down to the campfire. Earlier we had all been in the lake. So then we were all sitting in our swimming suits, eating brats, drinking margaritas and enjoying the campfire. It was fun.
Later John took up a bunch of garbage to the dumpster, cleaned up the recycling area, and then put the anti-bear device back on. We don't want to take any chances with the bear.
Today as I write this, it is Monday and John is out kayaking with a bunch of customers. It is 85 degrees. I think they should have done a small trip and then come back to swim. Hopefully no one is going to get heat stroke! I will pick them up at some point on the river with the Toyota 4WD/trailer. I hope they are enjoying the beautiful river.
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