Days with the Dorans

  We took our scratch tickets with us up north and found two nearby that both had to do with kayaking. Since we had our own kayaks, we had Z bring them up when he came on Tuesday so that we could used those to avoid a rental fee. Of the two we decided to do Bellaire because it was close and just really entailed kayaking and checking out a food barge on torch lake. We decided to go after Joey got to down so the four of us (Z had to go back home to work plus he spent most of his time with Kat), the boys had a kayak and Jeff and I had a kayak. We blew them up in the parking lot and were on our way. I was a bit nervous about parking but it actually wasn't a big deal. I was nervous for a bit since we went so far we could no longer really see what was happening on that shore. Jeff and I defintely went faster than the boys but it was fun to watch them having fun and catching up. We did an out and back since Torch lake it big and according to my watch, we did about 3 miles. The food barge ...

  Though it hadn't been that long, I was so excited to get back north to Elk Rapids. I don't know if it was the craziness and exhaustion from the school year, but the thought of just getting away is what we needed. The weather wasn't amazing... Sure it was warm enough for the Littles to get into the lake and pool (better- it was heated) but we had our share of rain and crazy wind. We even had a power outage which was crazy! We did get tons of reading in (and by "we" I mean, Ali and I read a lot). I have found that while I like the occasional adventure I'm also really happy just hanging by the pool or lake and taking in the quiet and a book. I read three books in one week which is a lot for me! We went over Father's Day. It was either that week or the Fireworks week. We didn't want to miss Fireworks when we got back (which were eventually cancelled for weather anyway- ugh). Jeff got a sweatshirt and lights for his baskets and discs. All things disc golf...