The Greatest Lake
We did something we've been wanting to do for a long time. On Saturday, after the kayak voyage, we loaded up the coolah, and headed over to slum it gangsta style in Zion on the beach of Lake Michigan. I'll be honest, it's a little scary over there. But that never stops us from having a great time. We were blessed with Kate and Pat's presence, and had some good laughs, mostly at their expense.
See that blue chair crumpled up on the ground back there? Yeah, Pat broke that one as he sat down. Oops. Now look more closely at Kate's perch. Yeah, she sat down and busted right through the fabric on that chair, too! Now if that had been me, I would have had the lowest self esteem moment of my life. Not that it would have been the first time I'd broken a chair, but that a whole nother post. But Kate, she just sat there and took the jokes. She's a trooper. A Super Trouper, maybe?
See that huge resort in the background? Doesn't that look like a nice place to spend the weekend? I don't think it's a place you'll be making a reservation at any time soon. It's a nuclear (nucular? GW Bush, anyone?) power plant. You'd think that would make the water a little warmer, no? No. Still freezing. I think the icebergs just melted last week, though.
Here's Maggie and her long lost twin, Madison. These two are soul sisters. They dress alike. They act alike. They're almost 2 years apart, but sometimes we can't tell them apart from afar.
And here's jungle Sean. As soon as he lied down, the kids were all over him. Notice Cayden (I fixed it, are you happy now?) head over heels over him. He thought that was pretty neat, and I think Sean liked the idea of having a boy to play with for a change. Don't get any ideas, that's not happening.
So aside from hanging in satellite Ensenada, and watching all the kids bathe in their Spiderman undies, and the freezing cold water and rocky shore, and biting flies and sand in every morsel of food, we had a pretty good time. Next time, no food items at all. Especially of the chocolate variety. Too sticky.
6 Response(s):
Looks like fun... We've been there a few times, and yes the nuclear power plant is so Simpsons-esque it's almost funny. That beach is classic.... ps I'm headed to the park this morning at 10. email me at ambertadd at sbcglobal dot net if you want to come along.
Sounds like you need to give Kate and Pat new chairs for Christmas! Sounds like you had a good time.
Love the issue with the chairs- that's so classic. Glad you had fun. I feel like I was there with the pics and I swear I felt some sand in my teeth.
Looks fun! Glad to see Sean getting some male bonding time.
I love any kind of beach! Glad you had fun!
I'm so glad you added me to your "peeps". You are a new friend on my list as well. Don't worry about posting "sad" stuff. I rarely wrote about my mom for a long time, but learned recently that it is so healing to do so! Keep giving little snippets of her to us. We want to know her.
Sara
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