Friday, May 27, 2011
The picture is of our lagoon & our fake loon at the water's edge. The leaves are out and summer has arrived, in my opinion. The loons call every day and evening, the skeeters are out, and the weather is turning warm. Its also very beautiful on the lake when the leaves are blooming - there are a lot of different tree colors.
We put on our waders and put in the pier off the point. It went in fairly easy until John dropped a wrench in the water. When he reached in, the water felt warm. Sure enough it was so warm we didn't want to take our hands out into the wind.
Later some people from the lake put in their ski boat and she told me that her kids were swimming already. You can't stop kids on Memorial weekend. I remember when my kids were little, they couldn't wait to get in the water, no matter what the temp was. Joey's lips were blue and they were shivering, but it didn't matter to them because they were having fun.
John and I worked on the sump pump of the Ironwood cabin next. We wanted it to be very quiet for our customers since it was still running every 5 minutes or so. It only runs in the spring and it is right under the master bedroom. We didn't think it was loud or anything, but wanted to make sure it didn't disturb anyone at all. So we wrapped insulation around it, put pipes outside to expel the water further from the house, etc.
While we were doing that a friend stopped by with some more items for us to sell in the lodge for her. She and her husband make really cool lamps with Lake Superior rocks all stacked up for the base. They also make rock lamps. They drilled a hole in a rock, put a wick thru and made a basin underneath for oil. Then when you fill the basin with lamp oil, light the wick and watch, the flame feels like your own little campfire. They are pretty cool looking and she said they are selling like hot cakes.
We then had an old friend of John's, Doreen, stop by with another friend of hers and we talked them into staying the night. We had a mutual friend, Amy, coming the same night and it was just classic to see Amy's face when she saw her old friend, Doreen sitting in our lodge. Amy screamed, and they hugged and it was a really fun evening. Doreen just happened to be up north, did not know Amy was coming, and that was fun. Amy came up with her new (6 months) husband, Mark. They were going to go fishing and hang out with us for the weekend. We love it when friends come up to stay with us.
So I had to go into town to get some gas for a boat rental. On the way I stopped at Liz and Matt's and they gave us some sump pump piping to use. That was really nice of them. Then I went to get the gas, and order some fish fries. I stopped at the Pines in town, ordered them (2 with potato pancakes) and then got the gas. So when I picked them up I ran into several friends from the lake. It is like homecoming weekend. A lot of people are up north getting their cabins ready for the summer, putting in piers, stopping by their favorite restaurants and seeing old summer friends. It was fun.
We ate fish fry, visited, drank some beers, and had fun. It was a good day.
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