With Mom and Dad out of town, a few friends and I headed up to the lake to do our part opening up the cottage for the season. After the windows were open and the beds were made, we took to the first outdoor task... Cornhole.
Even Betty joined us but wasn't interested in the game. Little did she know how much she was in store for.
During the day, I managed to slice my thumb. Because of the water, games, and chores, the band-aid would not stay on. No problem duct tape can't solve, right?!
I saved the water chores for Saturday hoping one more day might warm up the water. Nope. Jumped into the lake to retrieve the bench from the end of the pier that must have gotten blow in the week before. So while in there, I got the remaining pier posts in and the paddle boat too. After all of our hard work and my first completed jigsaw puzzle of the season, we headed over to the Frog to relax and dance the night away.
Sunday brought the excitement. K and BruceBruce stayed inside to watch the Indy500 while the rest of us enjoyed the weather. Until, this happened.
Since a major storm cell was coming our way, the news channel decided to interrupt the race with 14 laps to go. No ticker. No picture-in-picture. A complete interruption. K and BruceBruce were not happy. They didn't get to find out how the race ended until the warning was fully over and then saw the driver pulling into the winner's circle. Shortly after that, instead of getting to see highlights and recaps, the storm hit hard. A window was blown out. The electricity went out. Betty and the paddle boat were holding on for dear life. BruceBruce just settled in to wait it out.
We ended up losing power for 20 hours, but made the most of grilling out and good conversation. The point in being up there isn't to be doing things that require electricity. Except when it comes to flushing toilets when you are on a water pump. So, get out the bucket and take turns. Funny scene of Monday was my neighbor and CS going to get water from the lake with their own buckets. CS wanted it to be clearly noted that his bucket was bigger than the neighbors.
The weather was great on Monday. I made a float so that only my feet would get wet and spent some time in the lake. Apparently with this guy...
While I had to fish out the bench from the end of the pier again, CS caught this sucker right in the same spot. Biggest fish I've seen in the lake in a long time. Games of Bananagrams and lots of eating leftovers rounded out our day. A few of us stayed an extra day because we just can't get enough!
