Thursday, August 1, 2019

Washington Trip, July 16, (Beaver), Day Five

The AM was cloudy and cool.  I was up at 5:00 AM.  (Yep.  Even on vacation.)  Then the sun came out and the day's weather was decent. 

Megan and Denis played around with the paddle board and kayaks for awhile before the kids got up.  Also before the kids got up, I served pancakes and bacon on the deck from stuff we had brought from home.  (There was a delightfully big non-stick electric griddle that worked wonderfully!)  When they finally DID get up (after noon), I fixed another round of pancakes and bacon.

Meg was after the children to enjoy the water while they could because the forecast for the next day was for rain the entire day.  Later in the afternoon, Meg, Den, and Ry went out in the kayaks/paddle board.  (Robin declared that it was too cold for her, so she did the hammock thing with her book while Ryan tried his best to heckle her from the water.)  At one point, I looked out to notice that Denis was towing Paddle Board Ryan to the beach.  My heart sank because I thought perhaps Ryan had sunk his paddle, but noooo...  He was using his paddle to hook onto Denis's kayak for a tow, "just for fun".  (Fun for Ryan...but what about Denis who was paddling for two?)

Denis cooked burgers on the propane grill out by the shelter house, then built a fire in the fire pit for s'mores.  By now, it was dark, and it started to rain.  We gathered our things and went into the house to play BS (a card game) before everyone crashed for the night.  It was a busy day. 

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