[It’s another morning. Let’s begin with Beth at lakeside! 😉 ]
[Another beautiful day at camp.]
[How every day should begin?]
[With staff preparing watercraft for the day’s play?]
[David Dale, previously of horseshoe fame, rows around searching for the elusive bluegill or bass.]
[I think I see a whopper!]
[The ever intrepid Beth and DOM strike out again for another paddle around the lake. On this day instead, I believe I opted for a second helping of biscuits and gravy.]
[Bon chance, good niece and friend!]
[Even more intrepid were pere Van Kooten and daughter Caitlin. Rick is a physics professor at IU and Caitlin is an alum who until very recently was living in Minneapolis as, I believe, a management consultant.]
[I believe camp staffers out for a kayak.]
[Is that an orca?]
[Beth and DOM on their return flight.]
[Ye Olde Swimming Hole]
[Caitlin is sighted on her return . . .]
[And is soon accompanied by a kayaker . . .]
[It would be my way.]
[But where’s dad?]
[I think I see him . . .]
[And there he is, taking the outside lane. Caitlin returned to Minneapolis with us, to visit friends and go to the Uptown Art Fair.]
[Exhausting just looking at them.]
[This is more like it . . .]
[The Biddies put “my” birthday present to good use! 😉 ]
[Go, Biddies!!]
[Ian and Karen McIntosh, of Faculty Forum fame. Last year Karen gave a presentation on international law; this year Ian on archeological findings in northern Australia.]
[Tom and friend practicing for the regatta.]
[A more logical approach to paddleboarding?]
[Duck!!]
[Rescue at sea. Waterfront staff go to the aid of Karina and boyfriend who upended and apparently broke a sail line.]
[Looks like another save for the staff.]
[Karina and friend are safely ensconced in the back of the speedboat as their Sunfish is towed in.]
[Campers greet the returnees with a rousing ovation.]
[It must be time to eat . . . AGAIN!]
[Let’s go work off lunch!]
[And The Biddies go back to the Euchre tournament.]
[Then The Biddies kidnapped me for a shopping trip to the neighboring town of Plymouth, noted for its building murals. 🙂 ]
[Plymouth is also noted for its cow statue.]
[I’m sure there’s a story for this; I just don’t know what it is?]
[Then it was time for an evening pontoon cruise around the lake.]
[The Sputh Roundhouse dockside.]
[As we putter away from camp.]
[I believe this is called the lake.]
[The sun sets over camp.]
[Ye Olde Swimming Hole]
[That’s “our” house above.]
[Ed, Elke, Beth, and the supervisor . . .]
[Are under attack by a waterskier!]
[Danny “captures” the attack for insurance purposes.]
[OMG, here they come again!]
[Beth notes their license plate number.]
[Victorian Village]
[The supervisor loves boat houses with upstairs apartments.]
[Remember the lakeside walking path statue by the Johnsonville Brat house? Well, this is the house.]
[A beautiful sunset over Elkhart Lake.]
[As we make our way back to camp at dusk.]
[Home, sweet, home]
Only 2 camp days left!
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