Summer Activities in July

Here we are in August, nearing the end of summer so I have assembled a few photos of the end of June and July. As usual most Saturday mornings start with a sunrise ski event. The unloading of the boat and heading back to the house is a pleasant time of camaraderie. Blake, Noel Nathan and I have been on this schedule for a few years now. I really enjoyed the time we get to be together and the friendship that has developed. Perhaps is will work to show an old dude skiing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCZZGtkB_to

It's nice to have Clarice and Jon back at the lake after a two year sabbatical in Australia.

We have spent a lot of time out on the lake in the evenings.

In late June early July my cousin Connie, her husband, son, Daughter-in-law and grand kids spent some time with us.

One of the "joys" of owning a boat is the opportunity diagnose, treat, and scratch your head why the dumb thing won't start. We have tested ,retested, replaced, recharged, and generally been frustrated by something here that is broken or demon possessed. Hopefully we will eventually figure it out.

Noel and his family have spent several afternoon with us out on the lake.

We often meet up with Blake Apryl and the boys, enjoying relaxing time together.

Our fiends Jim and Pam have been out with us a couple times this summer. We often do a bike ride like form Goshen to Middleburry and back and then cool off in the lake.

Clarice and Jon's jet ski often makes an appearance to entertain the adventurous.

Is that Charlie Daniels?

Skyler turned 13 this July. We got to help celebrate the milestone with him.

This year Karen and I have been doing a lot of bike riding. So naturally we often have others with us when we head out for a run.

Above is Trae and below is Jillian on a couple of different rides this summer.

We took Clarice out for a wakeboard run. She got up first thing even after a couple of years off.

Skyler, Trae and I went to a cor show the end of July. Although is was kind of rainy and the number of cars in the show was a little down form last year, we did get to see a couple of hundred pretty cool cars.

Here's an old truck of the vintage of my first vehicle.

There were some nice old muscle cars there as well.

Mom turned 81 August 2nd. Carolyn can up for the weekend so we did and nice steak dinner for her out on our deck

Here's Karen out standing in her field (garden) She has grown a wonderful herb garden and we have really enjoyed the savory food this summer.

Some of my cousin Lloyd's kids came for a visit and to spend to time on the lake.

Karen and I have worked up to the point where a 10 mile ride is pretty typical. On this ride just last weekend we had Skyler and Trae with us. They were impressed with the distance ridden.

We are blessed with a lot of interesting country roads around us and every once in a while we stumble across a nice little feature like this view of the upper Tippecanoe River. We were about 4 miles from the house and the boys enjoyed the break to watch dragon flies and minnows playing on and in the water.

After the bike ride we went out on the lake and went swimming.

We ended the day with a nice barbecue on the deck. We have really enjoyed sharing the summer with family and friends. Perhaps August will provide more.